CHILD with the hungry eyes, The pallid mouth and brow, And the lifted, asking hands, I am more starved than thou. I beg not on the street; But where the sinner stands, In secret place, I beg Of God, with outstretched hands. As thou hast asked of me, Raising thy downcast head, So have I asked of Him, So, trembling, have I plead. Take this and go thy way; Thy hunger shall soon cease. Thou prayest but for bread, And I, alas! for peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRDS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: A DREAM OF PONCE DE LEON by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH THE PITY OF THE LEAVES by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE LOVE OF GOD by ELIZA SCUDDER PSALM 93 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE OLIVER'S ADVICE by WILLIAM BLACKER |