eternity from still Breath Thou

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

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