Friday, December 11, 1998
God of pity and love, return to this earth.Go not so far away, leaving us to evil.Darkness is loose upon the world, the DevilWalks in the land, and there is nothing worth.Death like a dog runs howling from his lair;His bite has made men mad, they follow afterAll howling too, and their demoniac laughterDrowns like a sea our solitary prayer.Return, O Lord, return. Come with the day,Come with the light, that men may see once moreAcross this earth’s uncomfortable floorThe kindly paths, the old and loving way.Let us not die of evil in the night.Let there be God again. Let there be light.
... Robert Nathan (1894-1985), Selected Poems of Robert Nathan, A. A. Knopf, 1935, p. xiii 
(see the book; see also John 1:14; Gen. 1:3; Isa. 9:2; John 1:19; 8:12; 2 Cor. 4:6; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 22:20; more at Darkness, Death, Devil, Earth, Evil, God, Light, Love, Pity, Prayers, Second Coming)
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