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PRAYER FOR GENTLENESS TO ALL CREATURES by JOHN GALSWORTHY

First Line: TO ALL THE HUMBLE BEASTS THERE BE
Last Line: OUR WAYS WITH CHRIST'S OWN GENTLENESS!
Subject(s): ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMAL ABUSE; VIVISECTION;
TO all the humble beasts there be,
To all the birds on land and sea,
Great Spirit! sweet protection give,
That free and happy they may live!

And to our hearts the rapture bring
Of love for every living thing;
Make of us all one kin, and bless
Our ways with Christ's own gentleness!



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