Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.


What is Prayer? - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.

Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.

Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.

Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.