•     if, when I kneel to pray,
        With eager lips I say:
    “Lord, give me all the things that I desire,—
    Health, wealth, fame, friends, brave heart, religious fire,
    The power to sway my fellow-men at will,
    And strength for mighty works to banish ill,”—
        In such a prayer as this
        The blessing I must miss.

        Or if I only...