speak! Master, Thy servant heareth

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