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BLESS YOU!
There is a prayer of simple art,
That from the tongue the readiest slips,
That springs spontaneous from the heart,
And breaks in blessing on the lips:
Bless you!
That from the tongue the readiest slips,
That springs spontaneous from the heart,
And breaks in blessing on the lips:
Bless you!
When joy's bright beam about us rests,
As some dear hand our cup o'erfills,
In this our gladness manifests,
And with love's fondest cadence thrills:
Bless you!
As some dear hand our cup o'erfills,
In this our gladness manifests,
And with love's fondest cadence thrills:
Bless you!
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The sympathy with others' woe
That melts the heart to loving tears,
No sweeter form of speech may know
Than this the sorrowing spirit hears:
Bless you!
That melts the heart to loving tears,
No sweeter form of speech may know
Than this the sorrowing spirit hears:
Bless you!
When weary limb and aching brain
Attest the weight of busy care,
How lifts the dulling cloud of pain
To catch the accent of that prayer:
Bless you!
Attest the weight of busy care,
How lifts the dulling cloud of pain
To catch the accent of that prayer:
Bless you!
In love's pure sacrament of bliss,
When lip meets lip in fond embrace,
Rises with blest approval this
To give the chrism a holier grace:
Bless you!
When lip meets lip in fond embrace,
Rises with blest approval this
To give the chrism a holier grace:
Bless you!
As failing pulse and dimming eye
Proclaim some loved one's exit near,
How like a whisper from on high
Comes the faint murmur to our ear:
Bless you!
Proclaim some loved one's exit near,
How like a whisper from on high
Comes the faint murmur to our ear:
Bless you!
But yet no language it may need;
A glance, as well as words, may pray;
All speech kind action may exceed,
A smile a deeper sense convey:
Bless you!
A glance, as well as words, may pray;
All speech kind action may exceed,
A smile a deeper sense convey:
Bless you!
O, may our hearts be tuned aright,
Unselfishly this prayer to feel,
And fill our measure of delight
By supplicating others' weal:
Bless you!
Unselfishly this prayer to feel,
And fill our measure of delight
By supplicating others' weal:
Bless you!
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