26 MARCH 1948, Page 14

BLIND BOY'S PRAYER

GRANT me, Oh Lord, before I die, To see the earth, the sea, the sky, That in the winter I may know The whiteness of the fallen snow, That I may see with my own eyes The Spring with flowers and butterflies, The rainbow made of clouds and sun And sunset when the day is. done, Then, after day, that wondrous sight Of crescent moon and stars at night. But, if the wonders of this world, For me are not to be unfurled, Some day I know that I shall see The glory of them all in Thee.

ROBERT WILBERFORCE.