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Hymn XXI.
[Come let's adore the King of love]
Come let's adore the King of love,
And King of sufferings too:
For love it was that brought him down,
And set him here in wo.
And King of sufferings too:
For love it was that brought him down,
And set him here in wo.
Love drew him from his Paradise,
Where flow'rs that fade not grow:
And planted Him in our poor dust,
Among us weeds below.
Where flow'rs that fade not grow:
And planted Him in our poor dust,
Among us weeds below.
Here for a time this heav'nly Plant
Fairly grew up and thriv'd:
Diffus'd its sweetnes all about,
And all in sweetnes liv'd.
Fairly grew up and thriv'd:
Diffus'd its sweetnes all about,
And all in sweetnes liv'd.
But envious frosts, and furious storms
So long so fiercely chide:
This tender Flow'r at last bow'd down
Its bruised head, and dy'd.
So long so fiercely chide:
This tender Flow'r at last bow'd down
Its bruised head, and dy'd.
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O narrow thoughts, and narrower speech,
Here your defects confess:
The life of Christ, the death of God,
How faintly you express!
Here your defects confess:
The life of Christ, the death of God,
How faintly you express!
Help, O thou blessed Virgin-root,
Whence this fair Flow'r did spring;
Help us to raise both hart and voice,
And with more spirit sing:
Whence this fair Flow'r did spring;
Help us to raise both hart and voice,
And with more spirit sing:
To Father, Son and holy Ghost,
One undivided Three,
All highest praise, all humblest thanks
Now and for ever be.
One undivided Three,
All highest praise, all humblest thanks
Now and for ever be.
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