sincere the soul’s desire Prayer is

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