Prayer




"But if, O Lord, it pleaseth Thee
 To keep me in temptation's way,
 I humbly ask that I may be
 Most notably beset to-day;
 Let my temptation be a book,
 Which I shall purchase, hold and keep,
 Whereon, when other men shall look,
 They'll wail to know I got it cheap.''

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