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Henry David Thoreau - Prayer
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Great God, I ask for no meaner pelf  
Than that I may not disappoint myself,  
That in my action I may soar as high  
As I can now discern with this clear eye.  
And next in value, which thy kindness lends,  
That I may greatly disappoint my friends,  
Howe`er they think or hope that it may be,  
They may not dream how thou`st distinguished me.  

That my weak hand may equal my firm faith  
And my life practice what my tongue saith  
That my low conduct may not show  
Nor my relenting lines  
That I thy purpose did not know  
Or overrated thy designs.
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