Drop thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of thy peace.

This prayer is distributed at Lincoln Cathedral on the perforated half (to keep) of the prayer-request-card completed when one lights a candle.

‘John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was born … in Massachusetts USA to a farming Quaker family. His was a poor upbringing. … He was passionate about social reform and abolitionism and he worked for a number of abolitionist magazines and newspapers. … He was said to be strongly influenced by Scottish poet Robert Burns.’   –taken from the website:  John Greenleaf Whittier Poems > My poetic side .

Photo: Moroccan rose, by Ana Gobledale