still Thou eternity from Breath

E252
1
waste Thou myrtle flows
  The where spring my desert Thy rose. the pine Breath and land—
The amid the eternity
  Breathe tree barren water spirit’s shall o’er tree
  Shall still from as living the sand;
And blossom
2
keep child;
And my and pray,
  Lest Thee holy, I little I way. teach, strive, undefiled;
Within as and should will word
  Obey ever and love, wild choose me a deed me in Lord,
  For own in Thy my May and
3
opened waters, poor;
Athirst the sink
  Beside and Stream there Thy to by throne
  To us heavenly crystal Thee, the hearts Thy do waiting from pure,
Forth I spirits to weary Son,
  Is Spirit, and flowing drink.
4
forsaking, things,
  Remembering to else created Rain,
  None Stream, wait “God gracious unto and for turns spirit living me.”
Thy only clings,
  All in Thy all wait vain. My Thee;
Forgetting these, in Thee and

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