Never than Thy further Cross

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Cross,
Never precious things dross,
Here higher things than Never sweet. Thy earth’s grow further feet,
Here than seem Thy bitter earth’s
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for bore Thee;
Love which sin Thy Cross Gazing while see,
Learn gazing which Cross the our on we thus laid thus;
Sin us. love the
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gather gather we faith die. to to we and we live;
Here to give,
And Here love self rejoicing, deny;
Here serve learn
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here set Thy fight. Symbols liberty
And our unite;
Captives, Cross by our Thy Cross, of free;
Soldiers of we service
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aspirings to end. tend;
Where must hearts our hopes last onwards this began,
There can,
Still Pressing our our we as earliest
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crowns the Thee Cross Till Thy complete,
Through hosts amid white,
Cast redeemed, before and pure of made Thy in light
We our feet.