WHEN is the time for prayer?
With the first beams that light the morning’s sky,
Ere for the toils of day thou dost prepare,
    Lift up thy thoughts on high;
Commend the loved ones to his watchful care:
    Morn is the time for prayer!

    And in the noontide hour,
If worn by toil, or by sad cares oppressed,
Then unto God...