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 His Prayer For Absolution by Robert Herrick 
						For those my unbaptized rhymes,Writ in my wild unhallowed times,
 For every sentence, clause, and word,
 That's not inlaid with Thee, my Lord,
 Forgive me, God, and blot each line
 Out of my book, that is not Thine.
 But if, 'mongst all, Thou find'st here one
 Worthy thy benediction,
 That one of all the rest shall be
 The glory of my work, and me.
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