De Profundis

 O Father, in that hour
     When Earth all succouring power
     Shall disavow;
When spear and shield and crown
In faintness are cast down;
     Sustain us Thou!

By Him who bowed to take
The death-cup for our sake,
     The thorn, the rod;
From whom the last dismay
Was not to pass away;
     Aid us, O God!

-- Mrs. Hemans, ne'e Browne