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DEVOTIONAL POEMS.



I.

HYMN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

I.

Praise be Thine, Most Holy Spirit!

Honour to Thy Holy Name!
May we love it, may we fear it,
Set in everlasting fame!
Honour, honour, praise and glory,
Comforter, Inspirer, Friend,
Till these troubles transitory
End in glory without end!

II.

By Thy Hand in secret working,

Like a midnight of soft rain,
Seeds that lay in silence lurking,
Spring up green and grow amain:

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