PRAYER.
I.
“I rose up at the dawn of day;
‘Get thee away; get thee away!
Pray’st thou for riches? away, away!
This is the throne of Mammon grey.’
II.
Said I, ‘This sure is very odd;
I took it to be the throne of God;
For everything besides I have;
It is only for riches that I can crave.
III.
‘I have mental joys and mental health,
And mental friends and mental wealth;
I’ve a wife I love and that loves me;
I’ve all but riches bodily;
IV.
‘Then, if for riches I must not pray,
God knows I little of prayers need say;
So, as a church is known by its steeple,
If I pray, it must be for other people.
V.