“‘Tis ours to ask, ‘tis His to answer prayer,
Whether by granting our requests that seem to us
so fair:
Or, by withholding, thus to try our love;
The earth beneath us seems as brass, as iron the
heavens above,
Still we must pray—nor doubt the answer good;
Though not what we desired, or hoped, nor by
us understood;
Yet we will pray, for praying we are blest.
Then, come what will, with God above,
Whatever is... is best.”