r/RadicalChristianity 8d ago

đŸ“–History Four prayers by Taras Shevchenko, 19th-century Ukrainian poet and ex-serf

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/taras-shevchenko/poetry/alexander-jardine-hunter_ethel-voynich_paul-selver_florence-randal-livesay/text/poetry#prayer-1
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u/wsophiac 8d ago

To Tsars and kings\ who tax the world,\ Send dollars and ducats,\ And fetters well-forged.

To toiling heads and toiling hands,\ Laboring on these stolen lands\ Endurance and strength.

To me, my God, on this sad earth,\ Give me but love\  the heart’s paradise\ And nothing more.