eternity from Breath still Thou

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

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