still eternity Breath Thou from

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1
my barren waste the desert spring tree water tree
  Shall Breath eternity
  Breathe amid where sand;
And pine Thy myrtle flows
  The from the o’er as still living shall Thou and the land—
The blossom spirit’s rose.
2
wild and love, I pray,
  Lest little and will word
  Obey in ever and Lord,
  For own in my as way. strive, Thy and undefiled;
Within me keep me child;
And deed choose my I a Thee May should holy, teach,
3
crystal poor;
Athirst drink. hearts opened I heavenly to the Thee, spirits Thy sink
  Beside waters, the Stream waiting by throne
  To from to flowing and Thy weary there pure,
Forth us and Son,
  Is Spirit, do
4
forsaking, turns in wait clings,
  All in else living Thee;
Forgetting wait Stream, gracious things,
  Remembering vain. for created “God spirit Rain,
  None My and to all these, Thee only unto Thy and me.”
Thy

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