A Student's Prayer

Lord grant me a quiet heart

before the exams start

lead me to use my leisure hours

to invigorate my powers

my mind from daydreams libreate

give me the will to concentrate

from all distractions set me free

that in my studies i may be

a student with sole fufillment

to make my work a scarament

from my faint heart in love expel

all failure fears that therein dwell

and from my pillow drive away

all dark foreboding of the day

help me in faith to rest so deep

that i may have untroubled sleep

while my notes and lectures i prepare

may i not lose my zest for prayer

and may i not forget to look

for guidance in Thy Book

and may i ever grateful be

to all who daily pray for me

while for myself i intercede

for other students too i plead

so may exams find

each one alert in heart and mind

thus inward joy and peace posessing

may exams prove a source of blessing

amen