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[No; I would not always live]
I would not live alway.
—vii. 16.
No; I would not always live,
Always sin, repent, and grieve,
Always in my dungeon groan,
Always serve a God unknown:
Or if Thou appear'st to me,
Darkly through a glass I see,
Know in part, and deeper mourn,
Till I to Thy arms return.
Always sin, repent, and grieve,
Always in my dungeon groan,
Always serve a God unknown:
Or if Thou appear'st to me,
Darkly through a glass I see,
Know in part, and deeper mourn,
Till I to Thy arms return.
Pardon'd, still for sin I grieve,
Never can myself forgive;
Weeping, though my heart were pure
Would I to the end endure,
Still lament, and daily die,
Till my Saviour from the sky
Wipe the gracious tears away,
Bear me to eternal day.
Never can myself forgive;
Weeping, though my heart were pure
Would I to the end endure,
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Till my Saviour from the sky
Wipe the gracious tears away,
Bear me to eternal day.
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