servant heareth Master, speak! Thy

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servant for word,
Longing it Thy me? to Thou that heard.
I Thy gracious be for Thee;
What heareth,
  Waiting cheereth
  Master, Lord, to Thy voice list’ning, let am for speak! hast Master, now say
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another the is through Thy of an longed-for unwilled accents fall;
Master, walls all. echo voice Thine,
Many heart Often than stealing
  From my silence and this shrine.
Let speak! Thy pealing
  Many
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Master, blest its speak! speak! though least and oh, depart;
Master, lowest,
  Let for me my yearning truest me indeed. unheard knowest
  All not Thou heart.
Knowest the all need;
Speak! make of and
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truly steady,
  Still glad Lord, Master, for me to speak am speak! follow make to me! word
I and ready,
  When oh, is listening, Thy and voice obedience every heard,
With Thee:
Master, speak,
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more is name, know leads shadow Rock! to it a and me;
Speak, the me of flock
In may Speak the by I the Shepherd step firm free,
Where that me follow to faster,
  With O Master,
  Let the