Give me a good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; Give me a healthy body, Lord, With sense to keep it at its best. Give me a healthy mind, good Lord, To keep the good and pure in sight; Which, seeing sin, is not appalled, But finds a way to set it right. Give me a mind that is not bored, That does not whimper, whine or sigh; Don't let me worry overmuch About the fussy thing called "I". Give me a sense of humor, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke; To get some happiness from life, And pass it on to other folk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ULYSSES AND THE SIREN by SAMUEL DANIEL A HYMN TO CHRIST, AT THE AUTHOR'S LAST GOING INTO GERMANY by JOHN DONNE PHILOMELA: PHILOMELA'S ODE [THAT SHE SANG IN HER ARBOR] by ROBERT GREENE THE EVE OF ST. AGNES by JOHN KEATS AN OLD WOMAN: 1 by EDITH SITWELL A SWING SONG by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM CYNTHIA RETURNED FROM THE COUNTRY by PHILIP AYRES |