Her Prayer -- for Him

I do not ask that he may never yield
When fighting on the foam or on the field,
Since this I know: --
Where'er his country calls my man will go.

I only pray
That while he is away
You guard and guide him day by day!
And give me strength to tend his little ones
Until he comes.

On land or sea, --
Wherever he may be,
God, kiss my man for me!

-- Egbert Sandford.

Media: <html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Her Prayer -- for Him</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I <span class="smallcaps">do</span> not ask that he may never yield</p><p class="line">When fighting on the foam or on the field,</p><p class="line">Since this I know: --</p><p class="line">Where'er his country calls my man will go.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I only pray</p><p class="line">That while he is away</p><p class="line">You guard and guide him day by day!</p><p class="line">And give me strength to tend his little ones</p><p class="line">Until he comes.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">On land or sea, --</p><p class="line">Wherever he may be,</p><p class="line">God, kiss my man for me!</p></div><p class="byline">-- Egbert Sandford.</p></body></html>