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V. In the Litany.
Who long in light of prayer abide,
As in the Sun's bright gushing tide,
Find hidden stains break forth within,
Like spots upon the leopard's skin.
Now spreading thro' the ample shrine,
Prayer sounds the seas of Love divine,
And now the deeps of crime and woe
Thro' changeful scenes of Life below.
Now Fear doth wake and onward press,
Girding her loins with lowliness,
Till seeing Thee she sinks from high,
In thoughts of her deep poverty;
And with poor Bartimæus blind
Seeks in the dark Thy presence kind;
Now with thine accents, deep and clear,
She holds Thy mantle in calm fear.
As in the Sun's bright gushing tide,
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Like spots upon the leopard's skin.
Now spreading thro' the ample shrine,
Prayer sounds the seas of Love divine,
And now the deeps of crime and woe
Thro' changeful scenes of Life below.
Now Fear doth wake and onward press,
Girding her loins with lowliness,
Till seeing Thee she sinks from high,
In thoughts of her deep poverty;
And with poor Bartimæus blind
Seeks in the dark Thy presence kind;
Now with thine accents, deep and clear,
She holds Thy mantle in calm fear.
“Like as a Father his own children loves,
So unto those that fear Thee Thou art kind,
For Thine own glorious Name,
Turn from us our deserts!
So unto those that fear Thee Thou art kind,
For Thine own glorious Name,
Turn from us our deserts!
So may Thy Kingdom come, on whose blest shore
These hosts of woe and crime shall war no more,
But East and West be set
Our sins and us between.
These hosts of woe and crime shall war no more,
But East and West be set
Our sins and us between.
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Strengthen, and comfort, raise us, and support,
So may Thy will be done, as 'tis in Heav'n:
And dews of blessing fall
On the fruit bearing earth!
So may Thy will be done, as 'tis in Heav'n:
And dews of blessing fall
On the fruit bearing earth!
By all Thy works that we might be forgiven,
Thy Love, Thy Prayer, Thy Baptism, and Thy Grave,
From envy and from hate,
Deliver us, Good Lord.
Thy Love, Thy Prayer, Thy Baptism, and Thy Grave,
From envy and from hate,
Deliver us, Good Lord.
Deliver us from the dark Tempter's wiles,
In Sorrow's hour and in the hour of wealth,
So 'neath our feet at last
The Serpent may be laid.”
In Sorrow's hour and in the hour of wealth,
So 'neath our feet at last
The Serpent may be laid.”
'Tis thus, by all Thy mercies old,
By all our fathers have us told,
Thus by Thy love are we made bold.
By all our fathers have us told,
Thus by Thy love are we made bold.
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