Madmoments: or First Verseattempts By a Bornnatural. Addressed to the Lightheaded of Society at Large, by Henry Ellison |
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PRAYER. |
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PRAYER.
O God! from whom all holy Blessings are,And chiefly those Chiefblessings, a pure heart
And humble, grant that I may set apart
My Soul, a shrine to thee: that as the air
Receives the Light, so may my spirit share
The light of Truth: grant me in every part
Of manyfeatured life that better Art,
To love myself in thee, aright to bear
Its seeming Ills: for these too, like the Bee,
Have Sting and Honey, as we bear them we
Taste this or that! so shall the Thought of Thee
Attune my Heart, tho' fallen on evil days,
Like the keynote of some high minstrelsy
That runs thro' all the strains: and when thy ways
Seem dark and intricate, oh let me be
Led by that better light which ne'er betrays!
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