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MOTHER-PRAYER
"Lord, make my loving a guard for them
   Day and night,
Let never pathway be hard for them;
   Keep all bright!
Let not harsh touch of a thorn for them
   Wound their ease—
All of the pain I have borne for them
   Spare to these!"

So I would pray for them,
Kneeling to God
Night and day for them.

"Lord, let the pain life must bring to them
   Make them strong,
Keep their hearts white though grief cling to them
   All life long,
Let all the joys Thou dost keep from them
   At Thy will
Give to them power to reap from them
   Courage still!"

So I must ask for them,
Leaving to God
His own task for them.

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