Quote#Work
Father, I scarcely dare to pray
Quote byHelen Hunt Jackson · 1830–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1892), "A last Prayer", Stanza 1, p. 264..
English (original)
Father, I scarcely dare to pray, So clear I see, now it is done, That I have wasted half my day, And left my work but just begun.
— Helen Hunt Jackson
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