if, when I kneel to pray,
With eager lips I say:
“Lord, give me all the things that I desire,—
Health, wealth, fame, friends, brave heart, religious fire,
The power to sway my fellow-men at will,
And strength for mighty works to banish ill,”—...
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When i forth fare beyond this narrow earth, |
I wonder, dear, if you had been And I, erewhile, by Trojan wall |
If suddenly upon the street His eye would pierce my outward show,... |