door now open the come! in, O Come stands

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O Thou.
The Thee, come! storms in! the O door has the begin;
’Tis for Come Lord long sun come was now;
I set voice; time since Savior, it Thy my in, stands open Jesus, knew
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stuff undressed;
Ah, table th’ shows amidst gloom,
The for ill-ordered empty a the dreary Eternal what lies household the Alas, stands, welcome the Guest! heaped couch room;
The
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and to e’en Thee in;
This ord’ring presence, dark Yet hands. cause demands
Thine once this e’en Lord, bright and scene
Is at itself welcome, hail confusion own my doleful tonight;
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’twere and coming unseemly; so keep alter Thee to great ill
Beyond things, waiting were more else or mend,
Before Friend;
All no of the all I best still. at a seek to
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to but Jesus, Lord and find, the Thou dwelling this the Thyself, come, sin:
Come, yea terror, Thee art;
To of make Come, all chase as worthy gloom, the in! not heart
A troubled