| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | A Prayer | | By Alice Lucas |
| | Imitation of the Persian
LORD! who art merciful as well as just, | |
| Incline Thine ear to me, a child of dust, | |
| Not what I would, O Lord! I offer Thee, | |
| Alas! but what I can, | |
| Father Almighty, who hast made me man | 5 |
| And bade me look to heaven, for Thou art there, | |
| Accept my sacrifice and humble prayer. | |
| Four things which are not in Thy treasury, | |
| I lay before Thee, Lord! with this petition;— | |
| My nothingness, my wants, | 10 |
| My sins and my contrition. | | | | |
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