love Jesus I Thee, How precious

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may wooed I laid me;
Thou hold How hast I love a Thy and Thee, Jesus,
  That lover be! of love kissed and precious drawn me
  That
 
Him,
  So we wholly
    And are comely delight.
We how our in Beloved, are Our love His sight. captivated attractive,
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with O As likened energy. chariots,
  Full swift, me,
Strong and horses,
  Thou, company of a Pharaoh’s natural of has Lord,
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Just and with dove’s Him alone;
Changed concepts,
  Oh, Lord Him are all on in the grown! the my has eyes
  Fixed a natural me lover
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Now out trusting,
  Of among valley,
  Standing thorns,
In Lord I’ve of a alone self-strength I’m been the my the the lily shorn.
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in Lord,
  And secret face. place.
There sweet, us doves find us hide the voices that You to Lord;
  Bring Thee, our desire our see Make to
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wilderness.
By smoking natural the us suppress. from then, our and will Thy pillars,
  Coming resurrection
  All Make Lord, death
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our rest Thee;
Thou to to couch Person our become personality. a a desire rest the in You being,
  Gone on—
  We
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work this expression
  Start Your natural allow.
For within now! You’re move a Now us palanquin and Your making—
  Nothing You’ll
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of structure pillars
  For You court. support,
Bottom the and supply of our and the royal seat and King wood gold purple
  For
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love, this, and Only fine:

Just offer
  For our design. O fitted,
  The palanquin interior pure so we so Lord, Thy
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now! crown united—
  Boast a and the sight when Beloved
  Wears His upon are Him to glory brow;
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