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OPEN THY HEART by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS

First Line: ADMIT INTO THY SILENT BREAST
Last Line: MY CHILD, ENOUGH DELIGHT.
Subject(s): HEARTS;

ADMIT into thy silent breast
The notes of but one bird,
And instantly thy soul will join
In jubilant accord.

The perfume of a single flow'r
Inhale like breath of God,
And in the garden of thy heart
A thousand buds will nod.

Toward one star in heaven's expanse
Direct thy spirit's flight,
And thou wilt have in the wide world,
My child, enough delight.



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