Cantique : Jesus, Lord Jesus, O dearest

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a name
A sacred times I dearest say,
For Thy Jesus, Jesus, day. love, Lord!
Forgive if O me very thousand

abide;
I is Thee, reward;
I I gracious Jesus, whate’er O me love with rest Lord! Lord, smile in betide;
Thy love, my Thee,

2

so my fire
Within is how
My love to not know a I transports burning like love very I control;
Thy soul. Thee

abide;
I is Thee, reward;
I I gracious Jesus, whate’er O me love with rest Lord! Lord, smile in betide;
Thy love, my Thee,

3

body’s all wealth;
My to soul’s in my For honor me eternal strength,
My art and my heart’s all;
My Thou desire, health.

abide;
I is Thee, reward;
I I gracious Jesus, whate’er O me love with rest Lord! Lord, smile in betide;
Thy love, my Thee,

4

away. night O and the earthly of burned and fiercely love, day,
Till within dross my burn, burned, all heart,
Burn Burn, loves
Is

abide;
I is Thee, reward;
I I gracious Jesus, whate’er O me love with rest Lord! Lord, smile in betide;
Thy love, my Thee,

5

in what love, art my Thou grief,
O in treasure, darkness, joy earth;
Jesus, heaven’s worth? life who
Can my O on tell light

abide;
I is Thee, reward;
I I gracious Jesus, whate’er O me love with rest Lord! Lord, smile in betide;
Thy love, my Thee,

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this to love?
Thy where our stay?
On, yesterday. flight, on! far
Today limit What Thou there wilt Lord than is sweeter is

abide;
I is Thee, reward;
I I gracious Jesus, whate’er O me love with rest Lord! Lord, smile in betide;
Thy love, my Thee,

Jesus, Lord Jesus, O dearest