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Weary and weak, -- accept my weariness; / Weary and weak and downcast in my soul, / With hope growing less and less, / And with the goal / Distant and dim, -- accept my sore distress. / I thought to reach the goal so long ago, / At outset of the race I dreamed of rest, / Not knowing what now I know / Of breathless haste, / Of long-drawn straining effort across the waste.
One only thing I knew, Thy love of me; / One only thing I know, Thy sacred same / Love of me full and free, / A craving flame / Of selfless love of me which burns in Thee. / How can I think of thee, and yet grow chill; / Of Thee, and yet grow cold and nigh to death? / Re-energize my will, / Rebuild my faith; / I will arise and run, Thou giving me breath.