A Prayer

Lord, hear my morning's prayer!

Increase, O Lord, my power,

That as I feed your birds

From such a slender store,

Turn all these crumbs into pounds,

To feed a thousand men-

As easy as I feed

A sparrow, tit, or wren.

But God, being jealous still,

Can only smile and say-

' Serve Me as you do now;

Feed My small birds and pray.

One dog to share on bone,

One woman to one hearth;

One man to share one house-

One Christ to share My Earth!'