“Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.”

What is Prayer?
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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British editor, hymn writer, and poet 1771–1854

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