Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PRAYER, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: When with day's woes night haunts wake-weary eyes
Last Line: For the happy, the beautiful, the good, the wise?
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Prayer


When with day's woes night haunts wake-weary eyes,
How deep a blessing from the heart may rise
On the happy, the beautiful, the good, the wise!

The poor, the outcast, knave, child, stranger, fool
Need no commending to the merciful;
But, in a world grieved, ugly, wicked, or dull,

Who could the starry influences surmise --
What praises ardent enough could prayer devise
For the happy, the beautiful, the good, the wise?




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