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JOSEPH, FILI DAVID, NOLI
TIMERE
O just one, thou didst hear
God bid thee not to fear.
God bid thee not to fear.
Fear not to take to thee
Thy wife, Mary.
Thy wife, Mary.
Fear not the closed inn;
Fear not to win
Fear not to win
Shelter for thy sweet care
Where oxen fare.
Where oxen fare.
Fear not the midnight, bright
With Light of Light.
With Light of Light.
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Fear not to have thy King
In fostering.
In fostering.
Fear not the exile road,
Bearing thy God.
Bearing thy God.
Fear not the quiet breath
Of Nazareth.
Of Nazareth.
Fear not for Him who plies
Work 'neath thine eyes.
Work 'neath thine eyes.
Fear not for her whose fame
Splendours thy name.
Splendours thy name.
Fear not, O comforter
Of Him and her!
Of Him and her!
Fear not at last to die,
With these Two by.
With these Two by.
Fear not to take thy crown,
Thy blest renown.
Thy blest renown.
And grant us aye and e'er
Thy fostering care,
Thy fostering care,
That so we too may hear
God bid us not to fear.
God bid us not to fear.
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