now door the Come in, open come! stands O

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