precious art to Thou, God Lord,

C138 CB169 D169 E169 G169 K138 P169 R122 T169
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chosen, oil Lord, joy, delight;
With God anointed,
  How art comely to His in sight. of precious,
  His His Thou,
 
affection
  Thy loveliness. with Thy sweetness perfect Thy comeliness,
Thy We and all fragrance,
    And treasure
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declare. hearts of lovely,
  The altogether love the o’erfloweth;
  Our grace fairest The fair,
Thy their mouth with
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noble at Thee buried,
  Still honored wast lovable The death. by treasures
  And men in offered birth;
Thou wise
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in anointed One also,
  Beloved Thy lovely anointed,
  The part. Thou every head feet art;
Thy has been
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in answereth. fragrance
  God’s Thy death sweetness
  Man’s myrrh longing comforteth;
Thy resurrection spirit as
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sweet. flow’rs, that complete;
As Thy henna flourish,
  Thy As abundant, loveliness trees beauty
  In fruit apple
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the surpasseth,
  Thy love Thee our an bliss. as taste sweetest Thy take wine feast
  And is;
We name ointment Sweet love
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rest we full As ponder
  And Thy in trace,
We all Thy taste Thine beauty Thyself sweetness
  And embrace. to on

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