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LEXICON OF 
Signification , . Praising. 
Emblem Passion Flower. 
Sentiment . . . Religious Fervor. 
To prayer ! to prayer ! for the morning breaks, 
And earth in her Maker’s smile awakes. 
H s light is on all below and above, — 
The light of gladness and light and love. 
Oh, then, on the breath of this early air 
Send up the incense of grateful prayer ! 
To prayer ! for the glorious sun is gone, 
And the gathering darkness of night comes on. 
Like a curtain from God’s kind hand it flows, 
To shade the couch where his children repose. 
Then kneel, while the watching stars are bright. 
And give your last thoughts to the Guardian of night. 
To prayer ! for the day that God has blessed 
Comes tranquilly on, with its welcome rest. 
It speaks of creation’s early bloom ; 
It speaks of 'the Prince who burst the tomb. 
Then summon the spirit’s exalted powers, 
And devote to Heaven the hallowed hours. 
Henry Ware. 
