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And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
 Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
 Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
  But if read more 
 Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
 Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
  But if for any wish thou darest not pray,
   Then pray to God to cast that wish away. 
 He prayeth well who loveth well
 Both man and bird and beast.  
 He prayeth well who loveth well
 Both man and bird and beast. 
 I ask not a life for the dear ones,
 All radiant, as others have done,
  But that read more 
 I ask not a life for the dear ones,
 All radiant, as others have done,
  But that life may have just enough shadow
   To temper the glare of the sun;
    I would pray God to guard them from evil,
     But my prayer would bound back to myself:
      Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner,
       But a sinner must pray for himself. 
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
 Man wants but little, nor that little long;
 How soon must he resign his very dust,
  Which read more 
 Man wants but little, nor that little long;
 How soon must he resign his very dust,
  Which frugal nature lent him for an hour! 
 And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
 O never, never turn away their ear!
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 And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
 O never, never turn away their ear!
  Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below,
   Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear! 
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.