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I meant to have but
modest needs -
Such as Content - and Heaven -
Within my income - these
could lie
And Life and I - keep even -
But since the last - inclu -
ded
both -
It would suffice my Prayer
But just for one - to stipulate -
And Grace would grant the
Pair -
And so - opon this wise -
I prayed -
Great Spirit - Give to me
A Heaven not so large
as Your's,
But large enough - for me -
A Smile suffused Jehovah's
face -
The Cherubim - withdrew -
Grave Saints stole out to
look at me -
And showed their dimples - too -
I left the Place - with all my might -
I threw my Prayer away -
The Quiet Ages picked it up -
And Judgment - twinkled - too -
That one so honest - be extant -
It take the Tale for true -
That "Whatsoever Ye shall ask -
Itself be given You" -
But I, grown shrewder -
scan the Skies
With a suspicious Air -
As Children - swindled for
the first
All Swindlers - be - infer -
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