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1043.

[So dearly-bought I must be Thine]

I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine. —vi. 3.

So dearly-bought I must be Thine:
But tell me, Lord, that Thou art mine,
If mine indeed Thou art,
If Thou hast given Thyself for me,
To make me capable of Thee,
O speak it—in my heart.