THE KOBZAR OF THE UKRAINE
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Prayer II.
MY prayer for the Tsars,
These traffickers in blood,
That Thou on them would'st put
Fetters of iron, in dungeons deep.
My prayer for the peoples
toiling long,
Do Thou to them
on their ravaged lands,
Send down Thy strength
most merciful One.
And for the pure in heart
Grant angel guards beside them,
To keep them pure.
And for myself, Oh Lord,
I ask nought else
But truth on earth to love,
And one true friend
to love me.
