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LORD, GRANT US CALM by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: LORD, GRANT US CALM, IF CALM CAN SET FORTH THEE
Last Line: OR VANISH LIKE A SMOKE TO SET FORTH THEE.

LORD, grant us calm, if calm can set forth Thee;
Or tempest, if a tempest set Thee forth;
Wind from the east or west or south or north,
Or congelation of a silent sea,
With stillness of each tremulous aspen tree.

Still let fruit fall, or hang upon the tree;
Still let the east and west, the south and north,
Curb in their winds, or plough a thundering sea;
Still let the earth abide to set Thee forth,
Or vanish like a smoke to set forth Thee.



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