'O Lord, Seek Us'

O Lord, seek us, O Lord, find us

In they patient care;

By thy love before, behind us,

Round us everywhere;

Lest the god of this world blind us,

Lest he speak us fair,

Lest he forge a chain to bind us,

Lest he bait a snare.

Turn not from us, call to mind us,

Find embrace us, bear;

Be thy love before, behind us,

Round us, everywhere.

Christina Rossetti

1830-94