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Appeal

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If in my arms I bore my child,         Would he cry out for fear     Because the night was dark and wild         And no one else was near?     Shall I then treat thee, Father, as         My fatherhood would grieve?     I will be hopeful, though, alas,         I cannot quite believe!     I had no power, no wish to be:         Thou madest me half blind!     The darkness comes! I cling to thee!         Be thou my perfect mind.

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