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James Montgomery (1771 – 1854)


British editor and poet.
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James Montgomery
Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.
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The nursery of brooding Pelicans,
The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,
And all the minor spots of rock and verdure,
The abodes of happy millions, were no more.
Montgomery
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed,—
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.




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Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years;
And all that life is love.
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