Sunday War Poet....

Siegfried Sassoon

(1886 - 1967)

A Child's Prayer

For Morn, my dome of blue, 

For Meadows, green and gay, 

And Birds who love the twilight of the leaves, 

Let Jesus keep me joyful when I pray. 

For the big Bees that hum

And hide in bells of flowers; 

For the winding roads that come 

To Evening’s holy door, 

May Jesus bring me grateful to his arms, 

And guard my innocence for evermore. 

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Siegfried Sassoon was an English poet, writer and soldier. In 1916, he was decorated with the Military Cross for his bravery on the Western Front.

A Child's Prayer written in 1918 recalls the innocent joy of childhood and is in direct contrast to his grittier war poetry.
It is perhaps an appropriate choice for this Easter Sunday.