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Show "M%WMWWWMMWMMCJ .* 'T-HE ‘4 "~° Mmerz'ca" Patriot's Prayer. PA RENT of all, omnipotent In heav'n, and earth. below, {.I‘hro' all creation's bounds unfpcnt, NVhofe {treams of goodnefs flow. ' , fl‘each me to know from whence I rofe,‘ And unto what defign'd ;. No private aims let me propofe, Since link'd with human kind. But chief to hear my country's voice,‘ ‘ May all my thoughts incline, {‘Tis reafon'swlaw, 'tis virtue's choice, I'Tis nature's call, and thine._ Me fiom fair frecdom's facred caufe,' Let nothing e'er divide ; Grandeur, nor gold, nor vain applaule, Nor fricndfhip fall: mifgqidc. , Let me not faflion's partial hate, Purl‘ue to this land's woe ,r ~ Nor grafp the thunder of the flate,‘ To wound a private foe. If, for the right, to wilh the wrong,‘ ' My country {hall combine, Single to ferve th' erron'ous throng, Spight of themfelves, be mine. uu MMWWWWWWMWMM |