Living

Prayer

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1850–1919

From Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels (1913)

Living

Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried;
Then ask God's help; it will not be denied.

Use thine own sight to see the way to go;
When darkness falls ask God the path to show.

Think for thyself and reason out thy plan;
God has His work and thou hast thine, oh, man.

Exert thy will and use it for control;
God gave thee jurisdiction of thy soul.

All thine immortal powers bring into play;
Think, act, strive, reason, then look up and pray.

MLA

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Prayer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/335/.

Chicago

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Prayer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/335/.

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