Classic Poem

This is the safest prayer to pray:
" Thy will be done " ;
Along the world's unlighted way
Where unseen dangers run.
So, though for all the saints we pray,
Or but for one,
Upon this rock our hearts may stay,
His will shall yet be done.

This is the surest way to pray:
" Thy will be done " ;
Along the world's uncertain way
Where crowded terrors run.
For though our dearest plans may fail,
Our hopes die one by one,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away
His will shall yet be done.