The Prayer
from Kim (1901) and Songs from Books (1913)
by Rudyard Kipling

My brother kneels (so saith Kabir)
    To stone and brass in heathen-wise,
But in my brother¡¯s voice I hear
    My own unanswered agonies.
His God is as his Fates assign ¡ª
His prayer is all the world¡¯s ¡ª and mine.