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PRAYER by RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN SUCCESS EXALTS THY LOT
Last Line: ARE REGISTERED & ANSWERED STILL.
Subject(s): PRAYER;
When success exalts thy lot
God for thy virtue lays a plot;
And all thy life is for thy own
Then for mankind's instruction shewn;
And, tho' thy knees were never bent,
To heaven thy hourly prayers are sent,
And whether formed for good or ill,
Are registered & answered still.



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