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A FATHER'S PRAYER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God, you have given me a son
Last Line: A fit example for a son.
Subject(s): Fathers & Sons


God, you have given me a son:
Now help me make him worthy of
His father's name, his father's love;
Among companions, make him one
Both clean of heart and clean of speech;
Help me my son these things to teach.

God, you have given me a boy:
Now help me still my boy to rear:
Too kind to quarrel, brave to fear,
Too good for any sinful joy,
Or, if temptation prove too strong,
Too wise to follow folly long.

God, you a son have given me:
Help me to make my boy a man,
Help me to teach him all I can
Of honesty and decency --
Father of fathers, make me one,
A fit example for a son.





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