Please grant us wisdom, Lord, to understand Thy ways, mysterious and awe-compelling, For in our mortal minds are always welling The doubts which make it hard for us to brand Temptation's lure. We know our lives are planned For us, but we have no way of foretelling Just which of us shall have for his last dwelling Hell's Acre or the Hollow of Thy Hand. One final boon we beg, the greatest one: Recalling those in sky, on land, and sea, Whose fates we dare consider not condign, When humbly we should say, "Thy Will Be Done", Make us to realize, though hard it be, @3That those who cause all wars are also Thine!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE CAMPUS SONNET: TALK by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DINNER IN A QUICK LUNCH ROOM by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH A PLANTATION BACCHANAL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |