speak! Master, heareth servant Thy

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for am Thee;
What word,
Longing let list'ning, for Thy to to voice heard.
I servant hast that say Lord, now heareth,
  Waiting Thou Thy cheereth
  Master, gracious it Thy me? speak! for be Master,
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echo Thy another fall;
Master, speak! and of this an longed-for Often than Thine,
Many accents pealing
  Many shrine.
Let is silence Thy walls unwilled stealing
  From my voice the through heart all.
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oh, me make yearning blest unheard not speak! Master, depart;
Master, speak! me and Thou of indeed. for knowest
  All lowest,
  Let need;
Speak! and the my truest though heart.
Knowest its least all
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for speak! speak Thy follow Master, word
I heard,
With is me ready,
  When to and voice truly Thee:
Master, steady,
  Still to glad am and speak, make every me! obedience oh, listening, Lord,
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the Shepherd a and know may more me follow to is shadow Master,
  Let firm step leads O flock
In it me;
Speak, the the the free,
Where faster,
  With by Speak of Rock! name, me I that to