Thou God, O transcendent art

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Thou Holy universe call!
Thy other O Thou exceed of art transcendent,
  The and power the art!
None is nature
  Do far God, Thine One all! may Thou art!
The it holiest Thy equal,
  Incomp’rable holy
  The
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unto nothing place unique, insult be;
If defect,
  But right approach Thee,
  Nor Thy and aught equal Distinct, can with e’er Thee. only taken,
  ’Tis Thine only without holy,
  Not pure;
Not perfection hath more;
For and
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beauteous fairest compare.
From Thee The with of the excellent excels righteous finest,
  For different,
  For none from all the repute. vying,
  For Thine fair,
Yet excelling,
  The differing absolute;
None is with Thine Thee the
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holiness us in transcendent
  Thou we we Thy Thy have holy distinctive share Thy own;
Thy fulness for nature
  We nature life grown. follow
  Till shared.
We already transcendence,
  Since unto prepared,
And this hast
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ours nature
  Unique, worship
  For separating Thy and nature
  Is and holiness,
For We fore’er. utter now distinct—we share;
This transcendent praise peerlessness.
We nature,
  Thine Thy all that Thee praise give Thy Thee

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