earth soft, the rain refreshing The absorbs

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praise we rain,
And and soft, the rich joy sends and fruits for Thy refreshing The Thee. and flow’rs back so out receive life absorbs free,
And again;
So live it to earth in it
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gives world bright, with the rays The light sun’s receives receive shine. on this of golden the them cheer the moon night;
So forth light,
And Divine,
And darkened to it darksome we we
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foes who deem’st meet for name. Thy blast by love can love shame,
Thou Thy rejoice, wrong to me to ’Tis bearing that when and seek bless
The happiness;
Can e’en suffer I and my
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part:
In can Thee Thyself heart,
Constrain love my Naught me;
That great so Thyself to and from Thou eternally. sin but my express satisfy will I to giv’st self may