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Lord, Thou Thyself art Love and only Thou; / Yet I who am not love would fain love Thee; / But Thou alone being Love canst furnish me / With that same love my heart is craving now. / Allow my plea! for if Thou disallow, / No second fountain can I find but Thee; / No second hope or help is left to me, / No second anything, but only Thou. / O Love accept, according my request; / O Love exhaust, fulfilling my desire: / Uphold me with the strength that cannot tire, / Nerve me to labor till Thou bid me rest, / Kindle my fire from Thine unkindled fire, / And charm the willing heart from out my breast.