Lithograph by Henry Schile

HOPE, 1873.

Save me O God, for the Waters are;
come in unto my foul,

I sink in deep mire, where there is no Standing
I am come in deep waters, where the floods overflow me,

I am weary of my crying, my throat is dried
mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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