/Test Databases/Esther/MP/mp0089.txt
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- Come down, O love divine
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- Come down, O love divine,
- seek Thou this soul of mine
- and visit it with
- Thine own ardour glowing;
- O comforter, draw near,
- within my heart appear,
- and kindle it,
- Thy holy flame bestowing
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- O let it freely burn,
- till earthly passions turn
- to dust and ashes,
- in its heat consuming;
- and let Thy glorious light
- shine ever on my sight,
- and clothe me round,
- the while my path illuming.
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- Let holy charity
- mine outward vesture be,
- and lowliness become
- mine inner clothing;
- true lowliness of heart,
- which takes the humbler part,
- and o'er its own shortcomings
- weeps with loathing
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- And so the yearning strong,
- with which the soul will long,
- shall far outpass
- the power of human telling;
- for none can guess its grace,
- till he become the place
- wherein the Holy Spirit
- makes his dwelling.
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