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“Praying always.”
After midnight, in the dark
The clock strikes one,
New day has begun.
Look up and hark!
With singing heart forestall the carolling lark.
The clock strikes one,
New day has begun.
Look up and hark!
With singing heart forestall the carolling lark.
After mid-day, in the light
The clock strikes one,
Day-fall has begun.
Cast up, set right
The day's account against the on-coming night.
The clock strikes one,
Day-fall has begun.
Cast up, set right
The day's account against the on-coming night.
After noon and night, one day
For ever one
Ends not, once begun.
Whither away,
O brothers and O sisters? Pause and pray.
For ever one
Ends not, once begun.
Whither away,
O brothers and O sisters? Pause and pray.
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