GIVE ME A GENTLE HEART
by Percy Thomas
“Give me a gentle heart, that I may do
Naught but the gentle things my whole life through.
Give me a heart as kind as hearts can be,
That I may give before ‘tis asked of me.
Give me a watchful heart that shall divine
The need of those whose hearts are dear to mine.
Give me a heart where joy and sorrow wait
To know what joy or sorrow is at my gate.”
“Give me a song, but not one to be known
For loveliness, for loveliness alone.
Give me a humble song whose sweetest stain
Shall be for those whose hearts are mute in pain,
Give me a
For that which ministers to my own weal.
Let me forget the highest gift I crave;
Let me forget the deepest need I have.
Grant, Lord, that every thought of self may be
Lost in the selfless light of
~copied~
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