Public Domain Poetry And Stories - Prayer by Ralph Waldo Emerson Public domain poetry and public domain stories from the literary greats of yesteryear.
When success exalts thy lot,
God for thy virtue lays a plot:
And all thy life is for thy own,
Then for mankind's instruction shown;
And though thy knees were never bent,
To Heaven thy hourly prayers are sent,
And whether formed for good or ill,
Are registered and answered still.
