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Leaning on Him, make with reverent meekness His own, thy will; And with strength from Him shall thy utter weakness Life’s task fulfil; And that cloud itself, which now before thee Lies dark in view, Shall with beams of light, from the inner glory, Be stricken through.
Leaning on Him, make with reverent meekness His own, thy will; And with strength from Him shall thy utter weakness Life’s task fulfil; And that cloud itself, which now before thee Lies dark in view, Shall with beams of light, from the inner glory, Be stricken through.
Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- John G. Whittier
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- Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 502 · printed citation: Whittier · subject: REVERENCE
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