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THE PRAYER IN THE WILDERNESS.
SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF CORREGIO'S.
In the deep wilderness unseen she prayed,
The daughter of Jerusalem; alone,
With all the still small whispers of the night,
And with the searching glances of the stars,
And with her God, alone:—she lifted up
Her sweet, sad voice, and, trembling o'er her head,
The dark leaves thrilled with prayer—the tearful prayer
Of woman's quenchless, yet repentant love.
