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 ECAUSE I knew not when my life was good And when there was a light upon my path, But turned my soul perversely to the dark — O Lord, I do repent. Because I held upon my selfish road, And left my brother wounded by the way, And called ambition duty, and pressed on — O Lord, I do repent. Because I spent the strength Thou gavest me, In struggle which Thou never didst ordain, And have but dregs of life to offer Thee — O Lord, I do repent. Because I chose the thorns and 'plained for flowers, And pressed the sword-points down upon my heart, And moaned that they did hurt me, like a child — O Lord, I do repent.