the earth soft, refreshing The rain absorbs

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rich so out and back to flow’rs soft, rain,
And fruits it free,
And the in again;
So for it receive earth and and life refreshing we Thy absorbs joy live Thee. praise The sends
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with night;
So receive rays on light the to the it The golden receives gives sun’s light,
And cheer them the we Divine,
And moon bright, forth this shine. we world of darkened darksome
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Thy love when and for happiness;
Can me to can foes ’Tis that by to shame,
Thou my I and name. seek love deem’st rejoice, wrong meet blast who e’en Thy bearing suffer bless
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Thyself my Naught my so can will me;
That and Thou eternally. Thee giv’st but love heart,
Constrain may great part:
In Thyself express to to I self satisfy from sin