Tend me my birds, and bring again <br />The brotherhood of woodland life, <br />So shall I wear the seasons round <br />A friend to need, a foe to strife; <br /> <br />Keep me my heritage of lawn, <br />And grant me, Father, till I die <br />The fine sincerity of light <br />And luxury of open sky. <br /> <br />So, learning always, may I find <br />My heaven around me everywhere, <br />And go in hope from this to Thee, <br />The pupil of Thy country air.<br /><br />Norman Rowland Gale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-prayer-10/
