Prayers and Prayers: I

and two men came greeting crossing their paths whispering to the maker of mankind - o, to the altar came the men one was the colonel the other an half-cast of an enriching poverty "o lord!" whisper'd one "how i wish my haven could last richly on an earthly eternity for that dog my boots to lick, o thank you, lord!" and the bells did ring everywhere the world lay in tears as heaven was a-ready with some packs. (to be contd.)