A Paraphrase

by Eugene Field — a poem card from Justes Mots

A poetic paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer in verse form, maintaining the theological structure and spiritual essence of the Christian prayer while giving it lyrical expression. Field's adaptation preserves the original's dignity and devotional power in a form suitable for recitation or meditation. Appropriate for religious occasions, personal spiritual reflection, or framed as a household prayer.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name;
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, in Heaven the same;
Give us this day our daily bread, and may our debts to heaven--
As we our earthly debts forgive--by Thee be all forgiven;
When tempted or by evil vexed, restore Thou us again,
And Thine be the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever; amen.…

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