A Child and I By: Unknown

A Child and I By: Unknown 

Dear, Lord, I do not ask 

Hat thou shouldst give me some high 

Work of thine, 

Some noble calling, or some wondrous task. 

Give me a little hand to hold in mine. 

Give me a little child to point the way. 

Over the strange, seek the path that leads to thee. 

Give me a little voice to reach to pray; 

Give me two shining eyes, thy face to see. 

The only crown I ask, dear Lord, to wear 

Is this, that I may teach a little child. 

I do not ask that I may ever stand 

Among the wise, the worthy, or the great. 

I only ask that softly hand-in-hand, 

A child and I may enter at the gate.