To form the bud for bursting bloom, [1]
The hoary head with joy to crown;
In short, the right to work and pray,
“To point to heaven and lead the way.”
The Mother's Evening Prayer
O gentle presence, peace and joy and power;
O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,
Thou Love that guards the nestling's faltering flight!
Keep Thou my child on upward wing to-night.