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I Prayed So Eagerly

by Dora Sigerson Shorter

I prayed so eagerly,

'Turn and see

How bitter I have striven-

A word and all forgiven.'

I prayed so eagerly.

I prayed so eagerly-

Not to be,

You turned and passed. Good-bye!

Fates smile for me, dreamed I-

Yet I prayed eagerly.

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