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Shelter Me in a Leaf Shelter me in a leaf, Shelter me in a stone, I envy them their sure peace. Shelter me, God, Protect and conceal me. Enclose me in your fences. Pick me up from the dust That turns me gray. Embrace me with your eternity Like a leaf and a stone Nourished with dew. Make me a path of permanence, My heart is shadowed. Anoint me with your dazzle232 Which I feel in my breath. Wash away my trembling. Wash away doubt. The nights are ephemeral, The days,filledwith pain. My word loses its utterance In the baffling void. Send your help, God, So my voice shall not die. Because I fall, Because I fall In the baffling void. And forgive me this prayer, Broken 495 TIIIK D^p^xiDtr; p i tra DUX 7a 496 [18.221.53.209] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 11:24 GMT) As if beaten, whipped. My prayer and I are Both beaten. Enclose me in your radiance And you, be my fences. 497 1963 *\>w yy yw DXH T on x t:^ wii nyi njn rx ayme^ ps nypixotr; ^x^ 498 ...

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