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“I see one kneeling on the sod,
With infant hands upraised^[1] to Heaven,—
—A young heart feeling after God,
Oft baffled, never backward driven.
Mistaken oft, and oft astray,
It strives to find the narrow way,
 But gropes and toils alone:
That inner life of strife and tears,
Of kindling hopes and lowering fears
 To none but God is known.^[2]

1. Cancelled reading:
   With infant hands upheld to Heaven.
   
   
2. Cancelled reading:
   To none on earth is known.