The prayer contained in these verses,
by Ethelwyn Wetherald, is a good one
for everybody to offer:
Day-By-Day Virtues
For strength we ask
For the ten thousand times repeated task.
The endless smallnesses of every day.
No, not to lay
My life down in the cause I cherish most,
That were too easy. But whate'er it cost,
To fail no more
In gentleness toward the ungentle, nor
In love toward the unlovely, and to give
Each day I live.
To every hour with outstretched hand its
meed
Of not-to-be-regretted thought or deed.
For the ten thousand times repeated task.
The endless smallnesses of every day.
No, not to lay
My life down in the cause I cherish most,
That were too easy. But whate'er it cost,
To fail no more
In gentleness toward the ungentle, nor
In love toward the unlovely, and to give
Each day I live.
To every hour with outstretched hand its
meed
Of not-to-be-regretted thought or deed.
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