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2 " I delivered thee when bound,
And, when bleeding, healed thy wound; Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light.
3 " Can a woman's tender care Cease towards the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be,
Yet will I remember thee. |
Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death.
5 " Thou shalt see my glory soon, When the work of grace is done; Partner of my throne shalt be: Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me? "
6 Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love Thee and adore;
O for grace to love Thee more!
William Cqwper, 1768 |
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4 " Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, |
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2- " Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn, Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, Long hast roamed the barren waste, Weary pilgrim, hither haste.
3 " Ye who, tossed on beds of pain, Seek for ease, but seek in vain; |
Ye, by fiercer anguish torn, In remorse for guilt who mourn; 4 " Hither come, for here is found Balm that flows for every wound, Peace that ever shall endure, Rest eternal, sacred, sure."
Anna L. Barbauld, 1792 |
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