Dear Lord, I pray for simple things; A song, a smile, The joy of friendship true, Friendship that warms my very soul And thrills me through and through. A sparkling stream where sunlight's caught And flashed at me again like rippling laughter. A bird on high in the clear blue sky, A violet hid 'neath a stone. My baby's little pattering feet And his precious smile it is mine to greet. A kitchen bright with dishes blue, Someone's eyes that shine like the morning dew, I pray for these simple things -- Don't you? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIXTEEN MONTHS by CARL SANDBURG INVOCATION [TO LOVE] by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN NOW PRECEDENT SONGS, FAREWELL by WALT WHITMAN PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 57. AL-HAMID by EDWIN ARNOLD ADAM, LILITH, AND EVE by ROBERT BROWNING |