[
  {
    "title": "136. Prayer—O Thou Dread Power",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "O THOU dread Power, who reign’st above,",
      "  I know thou wilt me hear,",
      "When for this scene of peace and love,",
      "  I make this prayer sincere.",
      "",
      "",
      "The hoary Sire—the mortal stroke,",
      "  Long, long be pleas’d to spare;",
      "To bless this little filial flock,",
      "  And show what good men are.",
      "",
      "",
      "She, who her lovely offspring eyes",
      "  With tender hopes and fears,",
      "O bless her with a mother’s joys,",
      "  But spare a mother’s tears!",
      "",
      "",
      "Their hope, their stay, their darling youth.",
      "  In manhood’s dawning blush,",
      "Bless him, Thou God of love and truth,",
      "  Up to a parent’s wish.",
      "",
      "",
      "The beauteous, seraph sister-band—",
      "  With earnest tears I pray—",
      "Thou know’st the snares on ev’ry hand,",
      "  Guide Thou their steps alway.",
      "",
      "",
      "When, soon or late, they reach that coast,",
      "  O’er Life’s rough ocean driven,",
      "May they rejoice, no wand’rer lost,",
      "  A family in Heaven!"
    ],
    "linecount": "24"
  }
]