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ASCENSION EVE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: O LORD ALMIGHTY WHO HAST FORMED US WEAK
Last Line: WE MAY PURSUE THY STEPS, LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Subject(s): ASCENSION DAY;

O LORD Almighty Who hast formed us weak,
With us whom Thou hast formed deal fatherly;
Be found of us whom Thou hast deigned to seek,
Be found that we the more may seek for Thee;
Lord, speak and grant us ears to hear Thee speak;
Lord, come to us and grant us eyes to see;
Lord, make us meek, for Thou Thyself art meek;
Lord, Thou art Love, fill us with charity.
O Thou the Life of living and of dead,
Who givest more the more Thyself hast given,
Suffice us as Thy saints Thou hast sufficed;
That beautified, replenished, comforted,
Still gazing off from earth and up at heaven,
We may pursue Thy steps, Lord Jesus Christ.



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