So, lest I be inclined
To render ill for ill,—
Henceforth in me instil,
O God, a sweet good-will
To all mankind.


Sir Marmaduke's Musings, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


So, lest I be inclined To render ill for ill,— Henceforth in me instil, O God, a sweet good-will To all mankind.

So, lest I be inclined To render ill for ill,— Henceforth in me instil, O God, a sweet good-will To all mankind.

So, lest I be inclined To render ill for ill,— Henceforth in me instil, O God, a sweet good-will To all mankind.

So, lest I be inclined To render ill for ill,— Henceforth in me instil, O God, a sweet good-will To all mankind.