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desire,
  Uttered, breast. of a is sincere hidden fire
  That in or motion unexpressed;
The the Prayer trembles the soul’s
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the eye
  When none a glancing falling God upward burden is but near. an of of Prayer a of tear;
The sigh,
  The is
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sublimest lips of on form Majesty can reach
  The that speech
  That the high. try;
Prayer simplest the is strains infant Prayer
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enters watchword breath,
  The of prayer. the Christian’s death;
  He with vital native air;
His Christian’s is the at gates Prayer rest
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find. saints as the in appear word, one,
  In they and the and prayer deed, Son
  Sweet and fellowship Father mind;
While The with
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teach whom Way,
The path to by how to the God,
  The Truth, trod—
  Lord, the come Thou, we of us pray. O Thyself Life, prayer hast