| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | A Prayer | | By Archibald Lampman (1861–1899) |
| | | O EARTH, O dewy mother, breathe on us | |
| Something of all thy beauty and thy might, | |
| Us that are part of day, but most of night, | |
| Not strong like thee, but ever burdened thus | |
| With glooms and cares, things pale and dolorous, | 5 |
| Whose gladdest moments are not wholly bright; | |
| Something of all thy freshness and thy light, | |
| O earth, O mighty mother, breathe on us. | |
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| O mother, who wast long before our day, | |
| And after us full many an age shalt be, | 10 |
| Careworn and blind, we wander from thy way: | |
| Born of thy strength, yet weak and halt are we: | |
| Grant us, O mother, therefore, us who pray, | |
| Some little of thy light and majesty. | | | | |
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