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First Line: Dear god, if I should die and then
Last Line: This is my prayer. Dear god, grant it me.
Subject(s): Prayer


Dear God, if I should die and then
Long afterward be born again,
I beg You set my spirit free
To live as a bird or flower or bee,
In some bright vale or fragrant glen.

To dwell in the deep of a woodland pool,
Lying calm and mysterious, dark and cool,
Near a fallen tree or a bed of moss
With bits of insect life skating across,
This would gladden the heart of any fool.

Or just to be born as a lump of sod,
A seemingly useless, worthless clod;
Yet it would nourish lush growing things,
It would hum with the beat of tiny wings,
And be blest by Your Footstep some holy day, God.

This last is the best. A tall green tree,
A pool, a flower, a bird, or bee
Can pass in a breath. But eternal rebirth
Would be the lot of the bit of earth.
This is my prayer. Dear God, grant it me.





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