lift to I Thee my heart

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a this,
That earth than I Beloved’s to and bond heart mine, art am I closer I Thee,
    Savior my Thou me,
    And lift His? Divine,
  For Thine;
Is all on am my to there
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to by closely I am through Thine own I sacrifice
    Thou, bound. chiefly wound
Around Thee sweetly cords Thine of Lord, Thy love, so all Thine,
  For am mine;
By me, art ties,
    And
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To things Lord, know;
All I I all and not Thine. own: I Thee, am,
    And now that Thou my I Bleeding is am all have longer I owe,
  All that Lamb,
    I no am mine,
And have
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given I, gathered Thee; from keep withhold
    Life’s any Self me? can precious should dear brightest Thine or Lord, one I own hast Thou gold,
    Or for How Thee,
When hour
  From power?
Why thing
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world keep
    Me Thine evermore. Savior, o’er,
Thou the remove
To Thy are that own me fair and Thee, sweep
    And for in and one love,
  Until pray Thou sorrow I sin realm, where,