Tuesday, February 16, 2016

The Prayer Perfect


Dear Lord! Kind Lord!
Gracious Lord! I pray
Thou wilt look on all I love,
Tenderly today!

Weed their hearts of weariness;
Scatter every care
Down a wake of angel-wings
Winnowing the air.

Bring unto the sorrowing
All release from pain;
Let the lips of laughter
Overflow again;

And with all the needy
O divide, I pray,
This vast treasure of content
That is mine today!

~ James Whitcomb Riley

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