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but as thou dwelt with thy disciples lord familiar condescending patient free come not to sojourn but abide with me
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in vain thou strugglest to get free i never will unloose my hold art thou the man that died for me
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the secret of thy love unfold wrestling i will not let thee go till i thy name thy nature know
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what sudden blaze is round him poured as though all heaven's refulgent hoard in one rich glory shone
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one moment and to earth he falls what voice his inmost heart appalls voice heard by him alone
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know though at god's right hand i live i feel each wound ye reckless give to the least saint below
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i in your care my brethren left not willing ye should be bereft of waiting on your lord
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the meanest offering ye can make a drop of water for love's sake in heaven be sure is stored
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nevermore from wind or tide nevermore from billow's roll wilt thou need thyself to hide
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no that door is hard to open hinges rusty latch is broken bid him go
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ah that door why wilt thou vex me coming ever to perplex me
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did she open doth she will she
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how oft my guardian angel gently cried soul from thy casement look and thou shalt see how he persists to knock and wait for thee
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and o how often to that voice of sorrow to-morrow we will open i replied
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ye nymphs of solyma begin the song to heavenly themes sublimer strains belong
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ye heavens from high the dewy nectar pour and in soft silence shed the kindly shower
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a god a god the vocal hills reply the rocks proclaim th' approaching deity
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then palaces shall rise the joyful son shall finish what his short-lived sire begun their vines a shadow to their race shall yield
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to the throne the trumpet sounding through the sepulchres resounding summons all with voice astounding
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death and nature mazed are quaking when the grave's long slumber breaking man to judgment is awaking
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on the written volume's pages life is shown in all its stages judgment-record of past ages
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sits the judge the raised arraigning darkest mysteries explaining nothing unavenged remaining
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what shall i then say unfriended by no advocate attended when the just are scarce defended
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king of majesty tremendous by thy saving grace defend us fount of pity safety send us
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holy jesus meek forbearing for my sins the death-crown wearing save me in that day despairing
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worn and weary thou hast sought me by thy cross and passion bought me spare the hope thy labors brought me
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righteous judge of retribution give o give me absolution ere the day of dissolution
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thou to mary gav'st remission heard'st the dying thief's petition bad'st me hope in my contrition
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in my prayers no worth discerning yet on me thy favor turning save me from that endless burning
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when the wicked are rejected and by bitter flames subjected call me forth with thine elected
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[footnote a: general dix's first translation of the dies irae was made in the revised version appeared in bayard taylor wrote of the earlier one: i have
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creator spirit by whose aid the world's foundations first were laid come visit every pious mind
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come pour thy joys on human kind from sin and sorrow set us free and make thy temples worthy thee
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our hearts with heavenly love inspire come and thy sacred unction bring to sanctify us while we sing
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proceeding spirit our defence who dost the gifts of tongues dispense and crown'st thy gift with eloquence
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come father of the poor to earth come with thy gifts of precious worth come light of all of mortal birth
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come thou in whom our toil is sweet our shadow in the noonday heat before whom mourning flieth fleet
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whate'er without thy aid is wrought or skilful deed or wisest thought god counts it vain and merely naught
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thy will be ours in all our ways o melt the frozen with thy rays call home the lost in error's maze
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and grant us lord who cry to thee and hold the faith in unity thy precious gifts of charity
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that we may live in holiness and find in death our happiness and dwell with thee in lasting bliss
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o purest fountain we can see clear mirrored in thy streams that god brings home the wanderers that god the lost redeems
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in every hour while life is spared to thee in crowds or solitudes in joy or care thy thoughts should heavenward flee
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oh hour of bliss when the heart o'erflows with rapture a mother only knows
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awake awake and gird up thy strength to join that holy band at length
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for who can tell when sleep thine eyes shall close that earthly cares and woes to thee may e'er return
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has thy day been so bright that in its flight there is no trace of sorrow
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thou fool this very night thy soul may wing its flight
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that cannot be: since i am still possessed of those effects for which i did the murder my crown mine own ambition and my queen
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art more engaged help angels make assay
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king my words fly up my thoughts remain below words without thoughts never to heaven go
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my name is satan rise obey mohammed's law awake and pray
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loud laughed the fiend you know me well therefore my purpose i will tell
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darkness is thinning shadows are retreating morning and light are coming in their beauty suppliant seek we with an earnest outcry
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father and son and holy spirit give us whom through the wide world celebrate forever blessing and glory
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o let the false dream fly where our sick souls do lie tossing continually
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o god i cannot walk the way the thorns the thirst the darkness and bleeding feet and aching heart
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i hear the songs and revels of the throng they sneer upon my downcast face with scorn yet o my god i must and shall walk with thee
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it ploughs my soul with ploughshares flaming hot yet give me truth i must have truth o god
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let this be something in thy sight i have not in the slothful dark forgot the vision and the height
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oh when shall all my wand'rings end and all my steps to-thee-ward tend
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ah tear it thence and reign alone the lord of every motion there
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oh hide this self from me that i no more but christ in me may live
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ah no ne'er will i backward turn thine wholly thine alone i am
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oh help that i may never move from the blest footsteps of thy love
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little hast thou bestead save to perplex the head and leave the spirit dead
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from the recesses of a lowly spirit our humble prayer ascends o father hear it
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who hast within thine equal heed the rolling sun the ripening seed the azure of the speedwell's eye
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it is not wisdom to be only wise and on the inward vision close the eyes but it is wisdom to believe the heart
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our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine that lights the pathway but one step ahead across a void of mystery and dread
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bid then the tender light of faith to shine by which alone the mortal heart is led unto the thinking of the thought divine
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faithe of the fathers olde which makes me verye bolde to fear no worldes distress
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all weakness i on him rely who fixed the earth and spread the starry sky
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if he is nigh howe'er i die 't will be the dawn of heavenly ecstasy
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beholding thee what bliss 't will be with all thy saints to spend eternity
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from sorrow sin and frailty free beholding and resembling thee o too transporting sight
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haste haste my lord and soon transport me there
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such a joy as none can move such a love as none can part such a heart as joys in love
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unfading hope when life's last embers burn when soul to soul and dust to dust return
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will the past then come again rest and pleasure strife and pain all the heaven and all the hell
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he cried aloud and listened and then knocked and uttered awful threatenings and complaints and imprecations upon men and saints
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half choked with rage king robert fiercely said open: 'tis i the king art thou afraid
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to which king robert answered with a sneer i am the king and come to claim my own from an impostor who usurps my throne
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but the straw rustled as he turned his head there were the cap and bells beside his bed around him rose the bare discolored walls
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close by the steeds were champing in their stalls and in the corner a revolting shape shivering and chattering sat the wretched ape
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do you not know me does no voice within answer my cry and say we are akin
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gazed at the angel's countenance serene the emperor laughing said it is strange sport to keep a madman for thy fool at court
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and through the chant a second melody rose like the throbbing of a single string i am an angel and thou art the king
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king robert who was standing near the throne lifted his eyes and lo he was alone
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arise he said my angels a wail of woe and sin steals through the gates of heaven and saddens all within
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and lo that tear of pity quenched the flame whereon it fell and with the sunshine of that smile hope entered into hell
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welcome my angels ye have brought a holier joy to heaven henceforth its sweetest song shall be the song of sin forgiven
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if i enter heaven i may not pass to where they be though the wail of their bitter pain alas
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and the white-robed saints with their crowns and palms are good to see and oh so grand are the sounding psalms
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and bear its shame and clasp to his heart for love of me my guilt and blame
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three angels bear the holy grail with folded feet in stoles of white on sleeping wings they sail
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my spirit beats her mortal bars as down dark tides the glory slides and star-like mingles with the stars
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i leave the plain i climb the height no branchy thicket shelter yields fly o'er waste fens and windy fields
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then move the trees the copses nod wings flutter voices hover clear o just and faithful knight of god
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o germ o fount o word of love
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