Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967). The Old Huntsman and Other Poems. 1918.

56. A Child’s Prayer

FOR Morn, my dome of blue,

For Meadows, green and gay,

And Birds who love the twilight of the leaves,

Let Jesus keep me joyful when I pray.

For the big Bees that hum

And hide in bells of flowers;

For the winding roads that come

To Evening’s holy door,

May Jesus bring me grateful to his arms,

And guard my innocence for evermore.