| Show PRAYER OF RUNNING WATER I A Japanese Legend Hear the Prayer of Running Water Kindly son or loving daughter I who lie in this small space Never saw my babys face I who He here all unshrlven May not enter hell dr heaven 1 Near my grave there runs a spring Ivies oer it lean and cling Clasp and cling above the water As 1 fain would clasp my daughter J Near the spring my mourners left Little cloth of finest weft fc tJJ Little cup of crystal fine V Never touched of any wine Fill the cup with water sweet On the linen sprinkle it 1 When the linen wean In tWo All my pains are struggled through When these tokens twain be cloven Crystal cup and linen woven I that lost shall find my daughter Hear the Prayer of Running Water Pall Mall Gazette I |