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Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows,
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wishers and woulders be small householders.
Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,
First flower of the earth, and first gem read more
Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,
First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea.
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
