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PRAYER by MIKHAIL YUREVICH LERMONTOV

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First Line: WHEN LIFE'S OPPRESSIVE HOUR IS MINE
Last Line: HOW LIGHT, HOW LIGHT WE RISE!

WHEN life's oppressive hour is mine
And in my heart griefs crowd,
A prayer of wondrous power is mine
That I repeat aloud.

Blest is the strength that flows to me
In concords of sweet sound;
Past reckoning it blows to me
Divine enchantment round.

Doubt, like a burden, leaping then
Far from the spirit flies;
From words of faith and weeping then
How light, how light we rise!



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