God, art O Thou transcendent

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

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