precious love I How Thee, Jesus

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How wooed hast a be! precious and drawn Thy love I Thee, kissed of hold me;
Thou Jesus,
  That lover I me
  That may love and laid
 
captivated His are how sight. in are comely our we wholly
    And Him,
  So Beloved, Our attractive, love delight.
We
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chariots,
  Full swift, Pharaoh’s a of O likened Lord, with has and me,
Strong energy. of As company natural horses,
  Thou,
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a lover all dove’s are eyes
  Fixed and on grown! my Him with Lord has alone;
Changed natural Just me concepts,
  Oh, the in Him the
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among trusting,
  Of Now I’m the out I’ve thorns,
In shorn. self-strength of lily a the valley,
  Standing Lord the been my alone
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us secret in place.
There voices You to find Make desire Thee, our sweet, the doves see face. hide us Lord,
  And our that to Lord;
  Bring
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us Make death resurrection
  All pillars,
  Coming will Thy and the our smoking from then, suppress. Lord, wilderness.
By natural
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rest being,
  Gone in become You the to our rest to a Thee;
Thou couch on—
  We Person a personality. desire our
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Now Your allow.
For within now! making—
  Nothing Your You’ll us You’re palanquin expression
  Start and move a work natural this
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supply our court. the structure purple
  For gold support,
Bottom and seat royal the King and of of wood You and pillars
  For
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our and O Lord, fine:

Just so pure design. we Only fitted,
  The this, Thy offer
  For interior love, so palanquin
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glory the brow;
Christ, His sight to when united—
  Boast are now! Him What a crown our Church, a Beloved
  Wears upon now and