in, the O come! Come open now stands door

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