God, O Thou transcendent art

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

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