The Treasury Of Sacred Song

By Francis Turner Palgrave

CCCCXVII MORNING HYMN

FOR BOYS IN THE GORDON HOME

E. Lady Tennyson

Thy servants pray, O hear us, LORD!

Be Thou our shield, be Thou our sword,

Be Thou our guard against all sin,

From foes without, from foes within.

O make us loving brothers all,

Forgetting self at duty's call:

Bless Thou the guardians of our land,

And keep our dear ones in Thy hand.