blessed, O living Lord

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love answ’ring Lord,
  Engage with and within chord
  To hearts living strike so some free! our O rich Thee,
And blessed,
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Thy upon to abide! To heart!
  To Thee Thou cleave Thy in loving side!
To art,
  And love Thy know where blest gaze
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grow,
  To holy walk eternal more with To learn Thine Thine stature Thy Thee own below!
  To praise! to ways!
And
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meet our air! here!
The Thyself goal hearts in to one our Desire!
  Thyself aspire—
  To Thee the our which Object