Each child repeats his nightly prayer
That God may bless their parents’ care 95
To guide them in the way of truth
Through helpless childhood, giddy youth.
The closing hymn of cheerful praise
Doth yet again their spirits raise;
But ’tis not now a thoughtless joy. 100
For tender parents, loving friends,
And all the gifts God’s blessing sends,
Feelingly do they bless his name.