Dear Lord, I pray for simple things; A song, a smile, The joy of friendship true, Friendship that warms my very soul And thrills me through and through. A sparkling stream where sunlight's caught And flashed at me again like rippling laughter. A bird on high in the clear blue sky, A violet hid 'neath a stone. My baby's little pattering feet And his precious smile it is mine to greet. A kitchen bright with dishes blue, Someone's eyes that shine like the morning dew, I pray for these simple things -- Don't you? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY BOOKS by WILLIAM COWPER SOJOURN IN THE WHALE by MARIANNE MOORE SAN GABRIEL by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN THE WRESTLERS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET COURAGE REGAINED by BERTHA TODD CAMPBELL REINCARNATION by ALICE CHURCHILL CHAPHE SONNET, TO THE AUTHOR OFR 'THE REVOLT OF ISLAM' by JOHN CHALK CLARIS |