Poems (Coolidge)/"Come Ye Apart"

by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

"COME YE APART"

Come ye apart! in love I plead,
 E'en for a little while;
Forget those fleeting, empty joys
 That oft your souls beguile.

Come ye apart! for pardon pray.
 Whilst listening ear I bend;
If ye but struggle for the right
 Mine arm shall e'er defend.

Come ye apart! My praise to sing
 Within my courts to dwell;
As solemn sweet the anthem rolls
 'Twill joy of heaven foretell.

Come ye apart! in stillness rest;
 In silence lowly kneel;
'Tis ever to the listening heart
 That I, myself, reveal.