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1273.

[The pains I have so long endured]

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, &c. —ii. 17.

The pains I have so long endured,
I have unto myself procured,
Myself I now confess and feel
Sole author of my total ill;
I left my Guide to happiness,
I lost the true internal peace,
Nor can my soul retrieve its rest,
Till lodged again in Jesu's breast.