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Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880)

THOUGHT never knew material bound or place,

Nor footsteps may the roving fancy trace:

Peace cannot learn beneath a roof to house,

Nor cloister hold us safe within our vows.

The cloistered heart may brave the common air,

And the world’s children breathe the holiest prayer:

Build for us, Lord, and in thy temple reign!

Watch with us, Lord, our watchman wakes in vain!