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- FATHER of all! in every age,
:In every clime adored,
By saint, by savage, and by sage,
:Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
If I am right, thy grace impart
:Still in the right to stay;
If I am wrong, O, teach my heart
:To find that better way!
Save me alike from foolish pride,
:Or impious discontent,
At aught thy wisdom has denied,
:Or aught thy goodness lent.
Teach me to feel another's woe,
:To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
:That mercy show to me.
Mean though I am, not wholly so,
:Since quickened by thy breath;
O, lead me wheresoe'er I go,
:Through this day's life or death!
To thee, whose temple is all space,
:Whose altar, earth, sea, skies!
One chorus let all Being raise!
:All Nature's incense rise! (en)
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