Cantique : actions O try me, my Search God,

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my ways O me, try,
And appear
As eye—
To my actions make my Search let Thine seen life by clear. all-searching God, mine

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heart
Who canst and shown. the hidden deep, be fully Search known,
And my the make know all let only my sense, me part
To

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Throw sin. passion my within;
Quicken into the of feels
The till darkened reigns cells,
Where conscience it loathsomeness light

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all springs,
The secret that my soul. empire where the the polluted o’er Search chambers control;
The motives thoughts, things
Hold

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at has holy glance I through Thy by all,
And to fall. Search, fiery grace till am Thy cast
Its light brought face last
Before

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can feebly God of Thee,
What in alone I Thus be
Unutterable love. now Christ learn I prostrate prove,
That shall

actions O try me, my Search God,