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Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936).  Verse: 1885–1918.  1922.
 
The Prayer
 
MY brother kneels, so saith Kabir,
To stone and brass in heathen-wise,
But in my brother’s voice I hear
My own unanswered agonies.
His God is as his fates assign,        5
His prayer is all the world’s—and mine.
 
 
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