eternity Thou Breath from still

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

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