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...SPRING'S NEBRASKA by KAREN SWENSON THE BURIED LADY by PAUL VALERY O MORS! QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA HOMINI PACEM HABENTI by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON THE BATTLE-CRY OF FREEDOM by GEORGE FREDERICK ROOT A SONG TO DAVID by CHRISTOPHER SMART |