A Russian's Prayer for His Horse, Before Going into Battle

Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927)

Poems — Volume II

ALSO for these that with us bearThe heat and burden of the day,These humble creatures of Thy care,O Merciful, we pray.

Their guileless lives they offer, Lord,To aid their country in distress.Grant to their virtue the rewardOf Thy great tenderness.

Have pity also, Lord, on these—On these, so docile, faithful, meek!We supplicate upon our kneesFor them that cannot speak.