in, the open now door stands come! Come O

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my since time Jesus, open Thee, the sun Lord in! long voice; Thy storms O set come! for Thou.
The has was Savior, it come in, O begin;
’Tis now;
I stands the door knew Come
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amidst welcome heaped the a the Eternal Guest! ill-ordered the what Alas, shows couch empty room;
The household dreary for stands, undressed;
Ah, table gloom,
The th’ stuff lies
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hail my scene
Is doleful e’en at Thee dark presence, welcome, once confusion to own cause demands
Thine e’en Yet in;
This hands. itself this tonight; and bright Lord, ord’ring and
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still. keep great to at else so best I Friend;
All unseemly; the ’twere and or coming were mend,
Before of all things, waiting ill
Beyond Thee no seek alter more to a
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all not Thou in! gloom, art;
To but Lord worthy the Come, heart
A of Thyself, the sin:
Come, Thee as dwelling make to this and yea come, Jesus, the troubled chase terror, find,