"Lord, if Thou wilt!"--
--"I will!
Rise up above thy cares!"




A LITTLE TE DEUM OF THE COMMONPLACE

A FRAGMENT


_With hearts responsive
And enfranchised eyes,
We thank Thee, Lord,--_
For all things beautiful, and good, and true;
For things that seemed not good yet turned to good;
For all the sweet compulsions of Thy will
That chased, and tried, and wrought us to Thy shape;
For things unnumbered that we take of right,
And value first when first they are withheld;
For light and air; sweet sense of sound and smell;
For ears to hear the heavenly harmonies;
For eyes to see the unseen in the seen;
For vision of The Worker in the work;
For hearts to apprehend Thee everywhere;
_We thank Thee, Lord_!

For all the wonders of this wondrous world;--
The pure pearl splendours of the coming day,