 | The worlds and I |  |
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[Speak for me, friend, whose lips are ever ready]
Speak for me, friend, whose lips are ever ready
With chosen words, to voice another's thought;
My shaken heart would make my tones unsteady;
Speak thou the words I ought.
With chosen words, to voice another's thought;
My shaken heart would make my tones unsteady;
Speak thou the words I ought.
Say that the love I give in lavish fashion,
To all God's living creatures everywhere,
Pervades me with a deep and holy passion,
A wordless, grateful prayer.
To all God's living creatures everywhere,
Pervades me with a deep and holy passion,
A wordless, grateful prayer.
Say that the gifts I may have used too lightly,
As children toss rare gems in careless mirth,
From this glad hour, henceforth shall shine more brightly
And prove their honest worth.
As children toss rare gems in careless mirth,
From this glad hour, henceforth shall shine more brightly
And prove their honest worth.
Say that my life shall be one grand endeavor
To reach a nobler womanhood's fair height;
Say how my earnest aim is to forever
Be worthy of this night.
To reach a nobler womanhood's fair height;
Say how my earnest aim is to forever
Be worthy of this night.
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