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Page 371 - O, let us, then, with heartfelt grief, Draw near unto our God, And pray to him to grant relief, And stay the lifted rod. 4 O righteous Judge, if thou wilt deign To grant us what we need, We pray for time to turn again, And grace to turn indeed.
Page 371 - O let us, then, with heartfelt grief, Draw near unto our GOD, And pray to Him to grant relief, And stay the uplifted rod. O Righteous Judge, if Thou wilt deign To grant us all we need, We pray for time to turn again, And grace to turn indeed.
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| Title | George Melville: An American Novel American Fiction, 1774-1920 Volume 2, Issue 2252 of Wright American fiction |
| Author | Charles Hatch Smith |
| Publisher | W. R. C. Clark & Company, 1858 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 386 pages |
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