William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Force of Prayer.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“What is good for a bootless bene?”
With these dark words begins my tale;
And their meaning is, Whence can comfort spring
When prayer is of no avail?
Force of Prayer
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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