Lyrics of Lowly Life/A Prayer

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3958262Lyrics of Lowly Life — A Prayer1896Paul Laurence Dunbar

A PRAYER.


O LORD, the hard-won miles
Have worn my stumbling feet:
Oh, soothe me with thy smiles,
And make my life complete.

The thorns were thick and keen
Where'er I trembling trod;
The way was long between
My wounded feet and God.

Where healing waters flow
Do thou my footsteps lead.
My heart is aching so;
Thy gracious balm I need.