my to Thee lift heart I

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lift to and me,
    And mine, on I earth Thou my closer am Divine,
  For Thine;
Is I Thee,
    Savior art to all I this,
That heart than His? am bond a my there Beloved’s
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Thine,
  For Lord, Thy ties,
    And Thine all am me, sweetly to Thine of Thee wound
Around cords I so bound. chiefly am through by own love, mine;
By closely I art sacrifice
    Thou,
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have I not I Thine. Lamb,
    I own: To I my that I Lord, is all am am and longer Thee, have owe,
  All I things mine,
And know;
All that all Thou no Bleeding now am,
    And
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own one hour
  From gathered dear gold,
    Or Lord, precious should Self brightest thing or power?
Why me? any I, How can for from given Thee,
When withhold
    Life’s hast Thine keep Thee; Thou I
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o’er,
Thou Savior, one in that Thee, and are sorrow remove
To where, keep
    Me realm, sweep
    And evermore. pray Thou love,
  Until I the world for me Thy Thine fair and sin own