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"Be strong, and shew thyself a man!"
 * Said David to his youthful son.

"I die! keep thou the charge from God,
 * And in his ways and precepts run!"

So David slept—and Solomon
 * Desired to do just what was right,

And God spoke to him in a dream,
 * "What shall I give thee? Ask to-night."

"Oh, God," he said, "Thou hast been kind
 * To place me on king David's throne;

Yet, I am but a little child,
 * I am not fit to go alone.

"An understanding heart I want,
 * To guard thine Israel, Lord, from sin—

This mighty people! Teach me, Lord,
 * How to go out—how to come in."

"Thy choice is good!" the Lord replied,
 * "An understanding heart I give;

No monarch yet has ever reigned
 * So well. No king so wise shall live."