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I ASK BUT THIS, by                    
First Line: For that small heart that beats beneath my
Last Line: O, be aware of beauty, and love life!
Subject(s): Prayer


For that small heart that beats beneath my own,
I ask but this, in earth's chaotic blare:
Not fame or riches, when it beats alone --
Save as they come -- but may it be aware
Of those high moments that a life can give,
And hold them precious as they come and go;
That life may be a joyous thing to live:
To reap, without regret, what it may sow.
Let tang of Autumn, mornings in the Spring,
Touch deep the soul, bring yearnings and despair;
And may the sea's soft utterances bring
The call, resistless, leading none knows where.
You whom I bear into a world of strife,
O, be aware of beauty, and love life!





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