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Awake Quote by John Donne

“Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.” quote by John Donne — Download Open image

“Keep us, Lord, so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.”

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