Quote#Nature
Christ Jesus, when I come to die Grant me a clean, sweet, summer sky,…
Quote byHervey Allen · 1889–1949
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Carolina Chansons (1922), "The Priest and the Pirate: A Ballad of Theodosia Burr", st. 3.
English (original)
Christ Jesus, when I come to die Grant me a clean, sweet, summer sky, Without the mad wind's panther cry. Send me a little garden breeze To gossip in magnolia trees; For I have heard, these fifty years, Confessions muttered at my ears, Till every mumble of the wind Is like tired voices that have sinned.
— Hervey Allen
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