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LORD, in the fulness of my might I would for Thee be strong, Make Thy glad service my delight Thy glory all my song. |
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2 | I would not give the world my heart, And then profess Thy love; I would not see my strength depart And then Thy service prove. |
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3 | I would not, Lord, with swift-winged zeal On this world’s errands go, And labour up the heavenly hill With weary feet and slow. |
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4 | O not for Thee my weak desires, My poorer, baser part! O not for Thee my fading fires, The ashes of my heart! |
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5 | O grant me in my golden time, A zealous servant’s part; For Thee the glory of my prime, The fulness of my heart! |
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6 | I cannot, Lord, too early take The covenant divine; That happy heart shall never break Whose foremost love is Thine! |
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Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 |