<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> · Great War