The dear Lord will provide, friend, The things that are best. Have you prayed for more work? He may send you more rest. Is joy your petition, And is it denied? Then be grateful that sorrow The Lord will provide! Does God answer with sickness Your prayer for more health? Does He answer with poverty When you ask Him for wealth? Is your prayer for successes With failures supplied? Thank the Lord, then, that failures The Lord will provide! When you pray, do you think The Lord needs to be told? Ah, He knows what is best Both to give and withhold. 'Tis the Lord is the sender, Whatever betide; Praise the Lord, then, whatever The Lord will provide! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIENDS FOR OLD FRIENDS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE RIVER by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ITALY SWEET TOO! by JOHN KEATS WALT WHITMAN by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE FOUR ZOAS: NIGHTS THE FIRST AND SECOND by WILLIAM BLAKE TO THE AUTHOR OF A SONNET BEGINNING 'SAD IS MY VERSE' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |