English poem
A Creed
by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1873–1945)
In fellowship of living things, In kindred claims of Man and Beast, In common courtesy that brings Help from the greater to the least, In love that all life shall receive, Lord, I believe.
In peace, earth’s passion far above, In pity, measured not nor priced, In all souls luminous with love, Alike in Buddha and in Christ, In any rights that wrongs retrieve, Lord, I believe.
In truth that falsehood cannot span, In the majestic march of Laws, That weed and flower and worm and man Result from One Supernal Cause, In doubts that dare and faiths that cleave, Lord, I believe.