The Southern harmony, and musical companion containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems |
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[O Thou in whose presence my soul takes delight] |
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[O Thou in whose presence my soul takes delight]
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O Thou in whose presence my soul takes delight,On whom in affliction I call,
My comfort by day and my song in the night,
My hope, my salvation, my all.
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Where dost thou at noontide resort with thy sheep,To feed on the pasture of love?
For why in the valley of death should I weep—
Alone in the wilderness rove?
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O why should I wander an alien from thee,Or cry in the desert for bread?
My foes would rejoice when my sorrows they see,
And smile at the tears I have shed,
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Ye daughters of Zion, declare, have you seenThe Star that on Israel shone;
Say if in your tents my Beloved hath been
And where with his flock he hath gone.
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This is my Beloved, his form is divine,His vestments shed odours around;
The locks on his head are as grapes on the vine,
When autumn with plenty is crown'd.
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The roses of Sharon, the lilies that growIn vales on the banks of the streams;
His cheeks in the beauty of excellence blow,
His eye all invitingly beams.
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His voice, as the sound of a dulcimer sweet,Is heard through the shadow of death,
The cedars of Lebanon bow at his feet,
The air is perfumed with his breath.
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His lips as a fountain of righteousness flow,That waters the garden of grace,
From which their salvation the gentiles shall know
And bask in the smiles of his face.
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Love sits on his eyelid and scatters delight,Through all the bright mansions on high;
Their faces the cherubim veil in his sight,
And tremble with fulness of joy.
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He looks, and ten thousands of angels rejoice,And myriads wait for his word;
He speaks, and eternity, fill'd with his voice,
Re-echoes the praise of her Lord
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