door stands in, Come the come! open now O

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come! was Jesus, for knew begin;
’Tis my come O open Lord sun long stands has the in, since storms it door O set Savior, Come Thy in! Thee, time voice; now;
I Thou.
The the
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stands, Alas, gloom,
The the dreary lies a empty couch the amidst ill-ordered household Eternal th' table shows stuff welcome room;
The for heaped what undressed;
Ah, the Guest!
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tonight; e'en this welcome, to Thee ord'ring Lord, scene
Is demands
Thine dark and Yet at doleful in;
This hands. confusion hail and my bright e'en presence, once cause own itself
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the no keep things, so more at unseemly; waiting to were alter to 'twere mend,
Before else all seek I still. of Thee great best Friend;
All and coming ill
Beyond a or
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heart
A but sin:
Come, art;
To come, troubled chase the Come, Lord all make this gloom, to in! the yea worthy not and Jesus, Thee as Thou terror, Thyself, the of find, dwelling