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Come Down

George MacDonald

Still am I haunting
Thy door with my prayers;
Still they are panting
Up thy steep stairs!
Wouldst thou not rather
Come down to my heart,
And there, O my Father,
Be what thou art?




Quotes of the Day

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
• Mohandas K. Gandhi


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    September, 1918
    by Amy Lowell
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