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A PRAYER, by                    
First Line: Leave not a veil before my eyes
Last Line: A heart to understand.
Subject(s): Grief; Jews; Sorrow; Sadness; Judaism


LEAVE not a veil before my eyes,
Tear from my mind the shield of lies,
And from my soul the web of sophistries;
Yea, though I stricken, shirk and flee,
God, give me eyes to see.

Send me no song so honey-sweet
That I forget the harsher beat
Of life, the pulsing discords of the street,
Smite me with sorrow as a spear—
But give me ears to hear.

Grant me the will to pay for light,
For vision overtopping sight,
And dreams that are not of the passing night;
Yield, at what price Thou shalt demand,
A heart to understand.





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