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Hard Times

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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.

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