The New Hymnal for American Youth ‎#243

243. Little things that run and quail

Little things that run and quail
And die in silence and despair;
Little things that fight and fail
And fall on sea and earth and air;
All trapped and frightened little things,
The mouse, the coney hear our prayer:
As we forgive those done to us,
The lamb, the linnet and the hare,
Forgive us all our trespasses,
Little creatures everywhere.

Text Information

• First Line: Little things that run and quail
• Author: James Stephens
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1930
• Source: Words from "Collected Poems" of James Stephens.
• Copyright: Words from "Collected Poems" of James Stephens, copyright by the Macmillan Company. Used by permission of the author an
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: DUBLIN
• Composer: Peter C. Lutkin
• Copyright: Music copyright by The Century Co.
• Notes: Public Domain.