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HYMNS
OF
The Eastern Church


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HYMNS
OF
The Eastern Church.

TRANSLATED,
WITH NOTES AND AND AN INTRODUCTION,
BY

THE REV. J. M. NEALE, D.D.,
Warden of Sackville College.
FIFTH EDITION
LONDON: J. T. HAYES, 17 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN


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Sion's lyre, thou best content

That e'er Heav'n to mortals lent,

Though they as a trifle leave thee,

Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,

Though to them thou be a scorn

Who to nought but earth are born,

May my life no longer be

Than I am in love with thee!

WITHER


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TO
THE SUPERIOR
AND
THE OTHER SISTERS
OF
The House of Mercy at Clewer.
WITH THANKFULNESS FOR THEIR PAST, AND
PRAYERS FOR THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS,

THESE HYMNS
ARE DEDICATED.


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CCEL
This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library
at Calvin College. Last updated on July 30, 2001.
Contacting the CCEL.
Calvin seal: My heart I offer you O Lord, promptly and sincerely