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Wilt Pray for Me?

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Wilt pray for me?         They tell me I have Fame;     I plead with thee,         Sometimes just fold my name     In beautiful "Hail Marys"!         And you give me more         Than all the world besides.     It praises Poets for the well-sung lay;     But ah! it hath forgotten how to pray.      It brings to brows of Poets crowns of Pride;      Some win such crowns and wear;      Give me, instead, a simple little Prayer.

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