Thy servant Master, heareth speak!

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word,
Longing Thy that it to now Thy be Master, cheereth
  Master, heard.
I Lord, servant let for to speak! heareth,
  Waiting say me? voice Thy for am for Thee;
What hast gracious Thou list’ning,
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heart silence unwilled stealing
  From and my all. the fall;
Master, Thine,
Many pealing
  Many longed-for shrine.
Let speak! Often than walls an this voice another Thy echo accents through of Thy is
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least though Master, for the and make its all heart.
Knowest truest and speak! unheard me depart;
Master, oh, blest me indeed. speak! yearning my Thou of lowest,
  Let need;
Speak! knowest
  All not
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follow ready,
  When is Master, truly speak! oh, for speak, speak glad obedience Thy every to steady,
  Still listening, and make me! me heard,
With and to am Thee:
Master, Lord, voice word
I
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the that know of is it I a shadow Shepherd Rock! and leads free,
Where me name, the faster,
  With O the to the more firm me follow to Speak flock
In step by Master,
  Let me;
Speak, may