What O shone Lord, beauty and grace,

C78* E89 K78* T89
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and love patient seen life all
  Thy woe! below!
What What grace, Lord, and of steps shone
  Around beauty Thy O death was in
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sorrow tongue. of burdened weight silent ungentle, Thy word
  Escaped Forever no hung,
Yet Thy heart
  A on murm’ring
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could despise, in only unfaithful love! did heart friends foes Thy revile,
  Thy forgiveness still,
  Thy prove;
Unwearied hate,