Wilt Pray for Me?

Wilt pray for me?

They tell me I have Fame;

I plead with thee,

Sometimes just fold my name

In beautiful “Hail Marys”!

And you give me more

Than all the world besides.

It praises Poets for the well-sung lay;

But ah! it hath forgotten how to pray.

It brings to brows of Poets crowns of Pride;

Some win such crowns and wear;

Give me, instead, a simple little Prayer.