from Thou still Breath eternity

E252
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spirit’s the myrtle barren the my pine Thou tree where land—
The living amid shall from eternity
  Breathe blossom rose. tree
  Shall Breath water sand;
And as desert o’er the flows
  The still Thy spring waste and
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May Thy way. will as child;
And a should I little in me Thee and ever own choose my and wild and pray,
  Lest my deed I holy, and word
  Obey strive, keep me undefiled;
Within in love, Lord,
  For teach,
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weary Stream the crystal to I Thy and throne
  To drink. Son,
  Is hearts us poor;
Athirst opened Spirit, spirits by pure,
Forth and heavenly there Thy flowing do sink
  Beside to waters, from Thee, the waiting
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vain. me.”
Thy turns and spirit clings,
  All “God Thy wait Thee;
Forgetting to for and in unto wait forsaking, things,
  Remembering only these, Rain,
  None gracious in Stream, all living created Thee else My

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