| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 160. Acceptation |
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| By John Eglinton |
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| ESTABLISH in some better way | |
| My life, thou Godhead! that I may | |
| Know it as virtue ranks | |
| To scorn Thy gifts, or give Thee thanks. | |
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| For now I feel Thee near, unsought. | 5 |
| But why, when I seemed worth Thy thought, | |
| High—souled, impatient for a task— | |
| Why not have called me then, I ask? | |
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| No mountings of the spirit please; | |
| Thou dost accept our dregs and lees; | 10 |
| The wise are they that feel Thy rod, | |
| And grief alone is near to God. | |
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