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2900.

[Why should I longer stay]

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and, &c. —xxii. 16.

Why should I longer stay
And not my Lord receive?
To-day while it is call'd to-day
He would the pardon give;
Convinced I all things need,
Wretched and blind and poor,
I nothing have to pay or plead,
And mercy asks no more.