my Jesus, Fountain of days

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Fountain I of rays,
  Solace skies. the arise
To Thee, see night;
When Jesus, my of of of my delight,
Brightness I days,
  Well-spring hours of of my morning my cloudless heart’s hope
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Oh, be were were the how gloomy me fears
  When to form seemed footprints Thy weary storm brave
Till despaired years
  Ere known;
Oh, touched how I Thy to the wave. was to the the alone;
I
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presence once of Thy on sank Thee;
And sea,
And my deep
  Calmed the seeing the be But will
Heard mandate, the still! of pulses Peace, the to rebellious sleep
  In waters the the rest
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reached heart, have said have sea! are mine the love one,
  Heart Thy and hand;
All touched in me,
No ships the the night! hand clouds more more sun,
  And Now in and land;
For has the to No and Thy will