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 The Freebooter's Prayer

(Scotland, 1405) Thou That willed us naked-born, Send us meat against the morn— Got with right or got with wrong So we fast not overlong. Prosper "Snaffle, Spur and Spear!" Grant us booty, horse and gear; Save our necks from hempen thrall, Bless the souls of them that fall. A Modern Version

(U. S. A., 1905)

(Contemporary American poet)

Thou, Whom rich and poor adore, Grant me fifty millions more, Earned or pilfered, foul or pure; From man's law hold me secure. So, when I have gained of gold All my coffers well can hold, I may give, O Lord, for Thee, One-sixteenth in Charity.