Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918/The Prayer

by Rudyard Kipling

For works with similar titles, see Prayer.

THE PRAYER

My BROTHER kneels, so saith Kabir, To stone and brass in heathen-wise, But in my brother's voice I hear My own unanswered agonies. His God is as his fates assign, His prayer is all the world's—and mine.