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I am weary, and very lonely, / And can but think -- think. / If there were some water only / That a spirit might drink -- drink, / And arise, / With light in the eyes / And a crown of hope on the brow, / To walk abroad in the strength of gladness, / Not sit in the house, benumbed with sadness -- / As now!
But, Lord, thy child will be sad -- / As sad as it pleases thee; / Will sit, not seeking to be glad, / Till thou bid sadness flee, / And, drawing near, / With thy good cheer / Awake thy life in me.