Let us be thankful, Lord, for little things - <br />The song of birds, the rapture of the rose; <br />Cloud-dappled skies, the laugh of limpid springs, <br />Drowned sunbeams and the perfume April blows; <br />Bronze wheat a-shimmer, purple shade of trees - <br />Let us be thankful, Lord of Life, for these! <br /> <br />Let us be praiseful, Sire, for simple sights; - <br />The blue smoke curling from a fire of peat; <br />Keen stars a-frolicking on frosty nights, <br />Prismatic pigeons strutting in a street; <br />Daisies dew-diamonded in smiling sward - <br />For simple sights let us be praiseful, Lord! <br /> <br />Let us be grateful, God, for health serene, <br />The hope to do a kindly deed each day; <br />The faith of fellowship, a conscience clean, <br />The will to worship and the gift to pray; <br />For all of worth in us, of You a part, <br />Let us be grateful, God, with humble heart.<br /><br />Robert William Service<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-little-prayer/
