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MY PRAYER by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON

First Line: I PRAY MY SOUL MAY BE A VITAL ONE
Last Line: AND STRAIGHT, AS CROWDED PINES IN FORESTS DO.
Subject(s): PRAYER; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
I pray my soul may be a vital one,
That radiates its strength as summer sun;
As simple as the thirsty, growing grain
Which lifts its trusting heart to heaven for rain;
As restful, to way-farers, as the rills
That ripple down the canyons from the hills;
And may it grow, though cramped for room, as true
And straight, as crowded pines in forests do.



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