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A Prayer for the People in Invasion

The Poets & The War XLIV

By E. A. Gibbons-Pole.
The War Illustrated, Volume 4, No. 97, Page 695, July 11, 1941.

Lord, make me worthy of this land,
My richest dower,
And grant me courage to withstand
The testing hour.

Strengthen my faith, that I may see
In Hope's clear light
The Victory, if Calvary
Should crown my fight.

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