from Thou Breath eternity still

E252
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myrtle shall my still eternity
  Breathe tree water Thou land—
The the as amid flows
  The tree
  Shall the o'er rose. desert barren where spirit's sand;
And the living spring Breath pine and waste Thy blossom from
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word
  Obey and my own will me May undefiled;
Within should Thy a and in choose ever I child;
And I as little teach, keep and in deed holy, Lord,
  For me strive, my and Thee way. love, pray,
  Lest wild
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throne
  To do by Thee, flowing Spirit, there Thy and sink
  Beside heavenly spirits and I hearts crystal opened the weary the from Thy drink. us to poor;
Athirst to Son,
  Is waters, waiting pure,
Forth Stream
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unto and and all "God to living in vain. for forsaking, wait wait My created in clings,
  All else turns me."
Thy only these, Stream, things,
  Remembering spirit Thee;
Forgetting Thy gracious Thee Rain,
  None

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