Mine and Thine (1904)/Crippled

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Mine and Thine (1904) by Florence Earle Coates Crippled

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Why hast Thou bound my feet,  Then bade me toil ceaselessly after Thee? How should a thing so broken, incomplete— Ah, how should I, Lord! plant these faltering feet Where shifting sands of Earth so baffle me? Have I not set thy limits? Who should know, Better than I, what sloughs I lead thee through? Mine is the power to hinder—and make free:    Walk thou with me!