FATHER, send on Earth again <br />Peace and good-will to men; <br />Yet, while the weary track of life <br />Leads thy people through storm and strife, <br />Help us to walk therein. <br /> <br />Guide us through the perilous path; <br />Teach us love that tempers wrath; <br />Let the fountain of mercy flow <br />Alike for helpless friend and foe, <br />Children all of Thine. <br /> <br />God of grace, hear our call; <br />Bless our gifts, Giver of all; <br />The wounded heal, the captive restore, <br />And make us a nation evermore <br />Faithful to Freedom and Thee.<br /><br />Oliver Wendell Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-written-for-the-great-central-fair-in-philadelphia-1864/
