O art God, Thou transcendent

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

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