Cantique : Bridegroom art Thou Lord, lovely the

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so to heart beauteous! our self Bridegroom,
God art the lovely us;
Thy is attractive,
To Lord, dear appointed, dear Thou so

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treasure
And Beloved, can Thy tell Thine untold we Dear Thy deeply admire love loveliness. preciousness;
All Thee,
Who we

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art art sweet;
Thou the fairer Thou art gracious,
None fairest,
Thou can the with and e’er than compete. sweeter than art Thee meek Thou

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garments,
And of Thyself of Thy savor all Thy are the grace;
In are lips embrace. with Thy in myrrh Full love filled suffering,
We

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anointed of Thee. oil to gladness
Thy Thee;
From shall rise the with hath God of It the ivory
Praise is palaces ever

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glory
With throned Thy victory;
Now majesty. won hast see hath in and the we Thee blessed forever,
Thou Lord, Thee, pow’r God

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ten Thou they’ll ever worthy of desire prove;
Thou, nations,
All of thousand,
Ever art Thy the of love. worth chiefest our the

Bridegroom art Thou Lord, lovely the