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“Prayer” by Mikhail Lermontov 🇷🇺 (15 Oct 1814 – 27 Jul 1841)
Translated from the Russian by Martha Dickinson Bianchi
When faints the heart for sorrow,
In life’s hard, darkened hour,
My spirit breathes a wondrous prayer
Full of love’s inward power.
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There is a might inspiring
Each consecrated word,
That speaks the inconceivable
And holy will of God.
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The heavy load slips from my heart—
Oppressing doubt takes flight,
The soul believes, the tears break forth—
And all is light, so light!