Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.
JOHN DONNE
JOHN DONNE
John Donne on glory
John Donne86 quotes“Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.”
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