open O now Come stands door come! in, the

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