The Bijou;
or Annual of Literature and the Arts
compiled by William Fraser
London: William Pickering,
1828
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| LORD! who art merciful as well as just, | 1 |
| Incline thine ear to me, a child of dust! | 2 |
| Not what I would, O Lord! I offer thee, | 3 |
| Alas! but what I can. | 4 |
| Father Almighty, who hast made me man, | 5 |
| And bade me look to Heaven, for thou art there, | 6 |
| Accept my sacrifice and humble prayer. | 7 |
| Four things which are not in thy treasury, | 8 |
| I lay before thee, Lord, with this petition: — | 9 |
| My nothingness, my wants, | 10 |
| My sins, and my contrition! | 11 |
from The Bijou, 1828, p. 98 |
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