“I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
A pleasant road.
I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me
Aught of its load;”

— Adelaide Anne Procter

"Per Pacem ad Lucem".
A Chaplet of Verses (1862)

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English poet and songwriter 1825–1864

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