A CHRISTMAS PRAYER.
Loving looks 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, The Poetical Works of George MacDonald, volume 2, from Project Gutenberg (public domain).
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