"So much has been given to me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied."
-Helen Keller
Before the Beginning
Before the beginning thou hast foreknown the end,
Before the birthday the death-bed was seen of thee:
cleanse what I cannot cleanse, mend what I cannot mend,
O Lord, All-Merciful, be merciful to me.
While the end is drawing near I know not mine end;
Birth I recall not, my death I cannot foresee:
O God, arise to defend, arise to befriend,
O Lord, All-Merciful, be merciful to me.
-Christina Rosetti 1830-94
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