A PRAYER FOR FRIENDS
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A PRAYER FOR FRIENDS
A PRAYER FOR OUR FRIENDS
O, Omnipotent Architect Of The Universe
We bring our humble friends to thee;
Be with them on the stormy deep,
Be with them in the silent hour
By land or sea , awake or asleep.
Be their Helper, Strength and Tower.
Maintain them, O God of Right, ,
Through their earthly strife;
Each holding forth the Word of Life,
Be their Light to brighten future days,
Let then not falter nor fail,
Though the rocky paths be uneven.
Stand up, Brethren- speak with cheerful voice,
We bid you fight for a blessed dawn;
Where be no room for despair.
And all hopes will be leaven;
Go-- win the country of your choice
Of Truth and Liberty and Heaven,
Unlike th
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Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.
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