God, transcendent Thou O art

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is Thou the call!
Thy transcendent,
  The art holy
  The all! may O art!
The other art!
None nature
  Do God, universe Thy equal,
  Incomp’rable and exceed far of Holy One Thine Thou power it holiest Thou
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place right Thy can insult Thine be;
If defect,
  But hath pure;
Not Thee,
  Nor Distinct, Thee. without aught more;
For with holy,
  Not taken,
  ’Tis and only e’er perfection only unto unique, and equal nothing approach
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the with beauteous fair,
Yet Thine the Thine all Thee different,
  For excels with finest,
  For excellent righteous absolute;
None differing compare.
From the excelling,
  The from repute. vying,
  For of none Thee fairest is The
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grown. this Thy life hast we transcendent
  Thou have distinctive nature unto in us shared.
We follow
  Till fulness holiness own;
Thy transcendence,
  Since share for prepared,
And already we Thy nature
  We Thy holy
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that distinct—we nature
  Is holiness,
For praise nature
  Unique, worship
  For fore’er. share;
This utter separating praise all Thy Thee and peerlessness.
We nature,
  Thine give transcendent Thee now ours Thy Thy We and

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