230. Grandma's Prayer. Eugene Field. Yale Book of American Verse

Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.

Eugene Field. 1850–1895

230. Grandma's Prayer

I PRAY that, risen from the dead,
I may in glory stand—
A crown, perhaps, upon my head,
But a needle in my hand.

I 've never learned to sing or play,	5
So let no harp be mine;
From birth unto my dying day,
Plain sewing 's been my line.

Therefore, accustomed to the end
To plying useful stitches,	10
I 'll be content if asked to mend
The little angels' breeches.