For Those Whose Work Is Invisible

For those who paint the undersides of boats

Makers of ornamental drains on roofs too high to be seen

For cobblers who labor over inner soles

Seamstresses who stitch the wrong sides of linings

For scholars whose research leads to no obvious discovery

For dentists who polish each gold surface of the fillings of upper molars

For sewer engineers and those who repair water mains

For electricians

For artists who suppress what does injustice to their visions

For surgeons whose sutures are things of beauty

For all those whose work is for Your eye only

Who labor for Your entertainment or their own

Who sleep in peace or do not sleep in peace

Knowing that their effects are unknown

Protect them from downheartedness

And diseases of the eye

Grant them perseverance

For the sake of Your love

Which is humble, invisible

And heedless of reward