Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | II. Prayer and Aspiration | | “O Master, let me walk with thee” | | Washington Gladden (1836–1918) |
| | | O MASTER, let me walk with thee | |
| In lowly paths of service free; | |
| Tell me thy secret; help me bear | |
| The strain of toil, the fret of care; | |
| Help me the slow of heart to move | 5 |
| By some clear winning word of love; | |
| Teach me the wayward feet to stay, | |
| And guide them in the homeward way. | |
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| O Master, let me walk with thee | |
| Before the taunting Pharisee; | 10 |
| Help me to bear the sting of spite, | |
| The hate of men who hide thy light, | |
| The sore distrust of souls sincere | |
| Who cannot read thy judgments clear, | |
| The dulness of the multitude | 15 |
| Who dimly guess that thou art good. | |
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| Teach me thy patience; still with thee | |
| In closer, dearer company, | |
| In work that keeps faith sweet and strong, | |
| In trust that triumphs over wrong, | 20 |
| In hope that sends a shining ray | |
| Far down the future’s broadening way, | |
| In peace that only thou canst give, | |
| With thee, O Master, let me live! | | | | |
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