A CHRISTMAS PRAYER
drop-capLovinglooks the large-eyed cow,Loving stares the long-eared assAt Heaven’s glory in the grass!Child, with added human birthCome to bring the child of earthGlad repentance, tearful mirth,And a seat beside the hearthAt the Father’s knee—Make us peaceful as thy cow;Make us patient as thine ass;Make us quiet as thou art now;Make us strong as thou wilt be.Make us always know and seeWe are his, as well as thou.
drop-capLovinglooks the large-eyed cow,Loving stares the long-eared assAt Heaven’s glory in the grass!Child, with added human birthCome to bring the child of earthGlad repentance, tearful mirth,And a seat beside the hearthAt the Father’s knee—Make us peaceful as thy cow;Make us patient as thine ass;Make us quiet as thou art now;Make us strong as thou wilt be.Make us always know and seeWe are his, as well as thou.
drop-capLovinglooks the large-eyed cow,Loving stares the long-eared assAt Heaven’s glory in the grass!Child, with added human birthCome to bring the child of earthGlad repentance, tearful mirth,And a seat beside the hearthAt the Father’s knee—Make us peaceful as thy cow;Make us patient as thine ass;Make us quiet as thou art now;Make us strong as thou wilt be.Make us always know and seeWe are his, as well as thou.
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Lovinglooks the large-eyed cow,
Loving stares the long-eared ass
At Heaven’s glory in the grass!
Child, with added human birth
Come to bring the child of earth
Glad repentance, tearful mirth,
And a seat beside the hearth
At the Father’s knee—
Make us peaceful as thy cow;
Make us patient as thine ass;
Make us quiet as thou art now;
Make us strong as thou wilt be.
Make us always know and see
We are his, as well as thou.
George Macdonald