New Poems (eBook, ePUB) - Louis Stevenson, Robert
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PRAYER
I ask good things that I detest,    With speeches fair; Heed not, I pray Thee, Lord, my breast,    But hear my prayer.
I say ill things I would not say—    Things unaware: Regard my breast, Lord, in Thy day,    And not my prayer.
My heart is evil in Thy sight:    My good thoughts flee: O Lord, I cannot wish aright—    Wish Thou for me.
O bend my words and acts to Thee,    However ill, That I, whate’er I say or be,    May serve Thee still.
O let my thoughts abide in Thee    Lest I should fall: Show me Thyself in all I see,    Thou Lord of all.

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PRAYER

I ask good things that I detest,
   With speeches fair;
Heed not, I pray Thee, Lord, my breast,
   But hear my prayer.

I say ill things I would not say—
   Things unaware:
Regard my breast, Lord, in Thy day,
   And not my prayer.

My heart is evil in Thy sight:
   My good thoughts flee:
O Lord, I cannot wish aright—
   Wish Thou for me.

O bend my words and acts to Thee,
   However ill,
That I, whate’er I say or be,
   May serve Thee still.

O let my thoughts abide in Thee
   Lest I should fall:
Show me Thyself in all I see,
   Thou Lord of all.
Autorenporträt
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Sidney Colvin, Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the South Sea islands, his writing turned from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died of a stroke in his island home in 1894 at age 44. A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson's critical reputation has fluctuated since his death, though today his works are held in general acclaim. In 2018, he was ranked just behind Charles Dickens as the 26th-most-translated author in the world. (Source: Wikipedia)