open the Come door O now in, come! stands

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