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If I Can

If I can perfect my faith

Thy Grace is sure to come.

The more I give to Thee

The more I absorb Thy Balm

That heals my bosom's pangs.

Without Thy Love supreme,

Nothingness all I am—

A dark and barren dream.

Excerpt from My First Friendship With The Muse by Sri Chinmoy.