Help Me To Train My Heart

Help me to train my heart each day,
that it may all thy sweetness hold.
Oh, may I bring forth my best fruit
in life's last days as I grow old--

I am 80 years old today.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Carber Avatar
May 8, 2021 at 3:23 PM
Very sweet Ida, congrats on your 1st place win!
La France Avatar
September 17, 2019 at 3:17 PM
Ida congratulations on your win
Carber Avatar
September 15, 2019 at 9:42 AM
What a lovely, heartfelt poem! Congrats, Ida !
Mcintosh Avatar
September 15, 2019 at 12:44 AM
Congratulations and many blessings
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September 14, 2019 at 12:32 PM
Congratulations on your placement in the contest..
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