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Petitions yet remain Which Heaven may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measures and the choice. Safe in His power whose eyes discern afar, The secret ambush of a specious prayer; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate’er He gives, He gives the best.
Petitions yet remain Which Heaven may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measures and the choice. Safe in His power whose eyes discern afar, The secret ambush of a specious prayer; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate’er He gives, He gives the best.
Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Samuel Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 456 · printed citation: Dr. Johnson · subject: PRAYER
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