Saturday, May 25, 2002
Prayer of a Soldier in France
My shoulders ache beneath my pack
(Lie easier, Cross, upon His back).
I march with feet that burn and smart
(Tread, Holy Feet, upon My heart).
Men shout at me who may not speak
(They scourge Thy back and smote Thy cheek).
I may not lift a hand to clear
My eyes of salty tears that sear.
(Then shall my fickle soul forget
Thy Agony a bloody sweat).
My rifle hand is stiff and numb
(From thy pierced palm red rivers come).
Lord, Thou didst suffer more for me
Than all the hosts of land and sea.
So let me render back again
This millionth of Thy gift. Amen.
-Joyce Kilmer
My shoulders ache beneath my pack
(Lie easier, Cross, upon His back).
I march with feet that burn and smart
(Tread, Holy Feet, upon My heart).
Men shout at me who may not speak
(They scourge Thy back and smote Thy cheek).
I may not lift a hand to clear
My eyes of salty tears that sear.
(Then shall my fickle soul forget
Thy Agony a bloody sweat).
My rifle hand is stiff and numb
(From thy pierced palm red rivers come).
Lord, Thou didst suffer more for me
Than all the hosts of land and sea.
So let me render back again
This millionth of Thy gift. Amen.
-Joyce Kilmer
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