Lord, who am I to teach the way To little children day by day, So prone myself to go astray? I teach them KNOWLEDGE, but I know How faint they flicker and how low The candles of my knowledge glow. I teach them POWER to will and do, But only now to learn anew My own great weakness through and through. I teach them LOVE for all mankind And all God's creatures, but I find My love comes lagging far behind. Lord, if their guide I still must be, Oh, let the little children see The teacher leaning hard on Thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLOTHES by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER THE IVY GREEN by CHARLES DICKENS ON A LUTE FOUND IN A SARCOPHAGUS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE GOD'S WORLD by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SHADOWS IN THE WATER by THOMAS TRAHERNE |