"O thou Almighty Father! who dost make The heavens thy dwelling, not in bounds confined, But that, with love intenser, there thou view'st Thy primal effluence; hallowed be thy name: Join, each created being to extol Thy might; for worthy humblest thanks and praise Is thy blest Spirit. May thy kingdom's peace Come unto us; for we, unless it come, With all our striving, thither tend in vain. As, of their will, the angels unto thee Tender meet sacrifice, circling thy throne With loud hosannas; so of theirs be done By saintly men on earth. Grant us, this day, Our daily manna, without which he roams Through this rough desert retrograde, who most Toils to advance his steps. As we to each Pardon the evil done us, pardon thou Benign, and of our merit take no count. 'Gainst the old adversary, prove thou not Our virtue, easily subdued; but free From his incitements, and defeat his wiles. This last petition, dearest Lord! is made Not for ourselves; since that were needless now; But for their sakes who after us remain." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES WALDEINSAMKEIT by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A SONG TO DAVID by CHRISTOPHER SMART THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AEOLIAN HARP (1) by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL by CLARA BECK THE HUNTER AND THE MILKMAID by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER JAMES BARR AMES by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: FAILURE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |