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PRAYER OF THE LONELY STUDENT.

Than I was wont to trace
On Heaven's unshadowed face—

Be it e'en so!—be mine, tho' set apart

Unto a radiant ministry, yet still
A lowly, fearful, self-distrusting heart;
Bow'd before thee, O Mightiest! whose blest will
All the pure stars rejoicingly fulfil.