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WANTS AND BLESSINGS. |
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WANTS AND BLESSINGS.
No gift of poesy is mine,
To bring me either friends or fame;
I have not written any line
To link remembrance with my name;
To bring me either friends or fame;
I have not written any line
To link remembrance with my name;
No wealth, to take with open palms
Its blessings to the poor and weak—
Not of my charities and alms
Has any tongue a right to speak.
Its blessings to the poor and weak—
Not of my charities and alms
Has any tongue a right to speak.
I have no beauty in my face,
Where roses bloomed not in its prime;
The brown grows darker, and I trace
Daily the deepening lines of time.
Where roses bloomed not in its prime;
The brown grows darker, and I trace
Daily the deepening lines of time.
Yet to me friends, most kind and true,
A little of their love have given;
I have my blessings, though but few,
Some trust in man, much faith in heaven—
A little of their love have given;
I have my blessings, though but few,
Some trust in man, much faith in heaven—
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Faith that our Lord's great sacrifice
Hath power to save us from the fall
And hope, through God's abounding grace,
To find forgiveness—this is all.
Hath power to save us from the fall
And hope, through God's abounding grace,
To find forgiveness—this is all.
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