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418 INSPIRATION

MISSION

DELAY

PRAYER

God! I ask thee 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 it that may be,

They may not dream how thou 'st distinguished me;