Care thou for mine whom I must leave behind;Care that they know who ’tis for them takes care;Thy present patience help them still to bear;Lord, keep them clearing, growing, heart and mind;In one thy oneness us together bind;Last earthly prayer with which to thee I cling—Grant that, save love, we owe not anything.—From Diary of […]
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Thy will be done. I yield up everything.“The life is more than meat”—then more than health;“The body more than raiment”—then than wealth;The hairs I made not, thou art numbering.Thou art my life—I the brook, thou the spring.Because thine eyes are open, I can see;Because thou art thyself, ’tis therefore I am me.—From Diary of an […]
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