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THE PAINTER'S PRAYER
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Set one sign for God alone!
Years have passed—but, even yet,
Where the massive frame is set
You may find these words: "Nec me
Praetermittas, Domine!"

"Neither pass me by, O Lord!"
Christ, the Life, the Light, the Word,
Low we bow before thy feet,
Thy remembrance to entreat!
In our soul's most secret place,
For no eye, but thine to trace,
Lo! this prayer we write: "Nec me
Praetermittas, Domine!"