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Must realize! prize,
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And land
Was we pure ’tis our hour. Joseph’s temptation’s portion
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comforter was Joseph’s his kingship, young to tending The indeed. did need;
Through Judah Benjamin’s adversity,
He receive
For
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Lord, Thyself,
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Oh, despise;
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