Anonymous Irish

Christ's Bounty

I pray you, Christ, to change my heart, To make it whole; Once you took on flesh like mine, Now take my soul. Ignominy and pain you knew, The lash, the scourge, You, the perfect molten metal Of my darkened forge. You make the bright sun bless my head, Put ice beneath my feet, Send salmon swarming in the tides, Give crops of wheat. When Eve's wild children come to you With prayerful words, You crowd the rivers with fine fish, The sky with birds. You make the small flowers thrive In the wholesome air, Your spread sweetness through the world. What miracle can compare?