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THE CELL by GEORGE ROSTREVOR HAMILTON

First Line: WHEN FROM THE HUSH OF THIS COOL WOOD
Last Line: AND PRAISE THEE ALL DAY LONG.
Subject(s): GOD; PRAYER; SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;

WHEN from the hush of this cool wood
I go, Lord, to the noisy mart,
Give me among the multitude,
I pray, a lonely heart.

Yea, build in me a secret cell
Where quietness shall be a song:
In that green solitude I'll dwell,
And praise Thee all day long.



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