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First Line: We doubt the word that tells us: ask
Last Line: Must have a boundless joy!
Subject(s): God; Prayer


WE doubt the word that tells us: Ask,
And ye shall have your prayer;
We turn our thoughts as to a task,
With will constrained and rare.

And yet we have; these scanty prayers
Yield gold without alloy:
O God, but he that trusts and dares
Must have a boundless joy!





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