 Nor knowing us nor known; and if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary Him with my assiduous cries. But prayer against His absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind,...  Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 343by John Milton - 1750Full view - About this book
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...places else Inhospitable appear, and desolate, Nor knowing us, nor known. And, if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries ; But prayer against his absolute decree No more avails... | |
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