XVIPRAYER
When I was young I told God what to do, And called it prayer.Even the questions that I asked of you I let Him share.
There were so many things He might not see, That was my fear—I told him ways of secret ecstasy, He would not hear.
Now that I'm old, I have been taught to seeThe unspoilt sweetness that is yesterday.Without a future man at last is free,With nought to ask for I have learnt to pray.
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