Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TEACHER, by LESLIE PINCKNEY HILL


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THE TEACHER, by            
First Line: Lord, who am I to teach the way
Last Line: The teacher leaning hard on thee.
Subject(s): Prayer; Schools; Students


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.





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