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(7.7.7.7.D.)
Published in The Hymnary, Novello, 1872.
| 1 | Saviour, when in dust to Thee Low we bow the adoring knee; |
2 | By Thy helpless infant years, By Thy life of want and tears, |
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| When, repentant, to the skies Scarce we lift our weeping eyes, |
By Thy days of sore distress In the savage wilderness; |
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| Oh, by all Thy pains and woe Suffer'd once for man below, |
By the dread mysterious hour Of the insulting tempters power; |
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| Bending from Thy throne on high, Hear our solemn litany. |
Turn, O turn a favouring eye; Hear our solemn litany. |
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| 3 | By the sacred griefs that
wept O'er the grave where Lazarus slept; |
4 | By Thine hour of whelming fear; By Thine agony of prayer; |
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| By the boding tears that flow'd Over Salem's loved abode; |
By the cross, the nail, the thorn, Piercing spear, and torturing scorn; |
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| By the mournful word that told Treachery lurk'd within Thy fold; |
By the gloom that veil'd the skies O'er the dreadful sacrifice; |
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| From Thy seat above the sky Hear our solemn litany. |
Listen to our humble cry; Hear our solemn litany. |
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| 5 | By Thy deep expiring groan; By the sad sepulchral stone; |
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| By the vault whose dark abode Held in vain the rising God; |
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| Oh, from earth to Heav'n restored, Mighty, re-ascended Lord, |
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| Listen, listen to the cry Of our solemn litany. Amen. |
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