A CHILD’S PETITION.
Reading edition
O THOU above, From whose great love The world all good receives, Make me as bright With thy blessed light As a rose with all her leaves. Wash me as clean From every sin, O pitiful, pitiful One; And make me shine With thy grace divine, Like a lily with the sun. Take pride away, Dear Lord, I pray, And make me pure and true, That I may be fed On thy living bread, As the daisy is fed on the dew. Help me still To do thy will Till life has passed away, And in the dark To sing like a lark At the golden gate of the day.