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Non Nobis Domine!

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Non nobis Domine!,     Not unto us, O Lord!     The Praise or Glory be     Of any deed or word;     For in Thy Judgment lies     To crown or bring to nought     All knowledge or device     That Man has reached or wrought.     And we confess our blame,     How all too high we hold     That noise which men call Fame,     That dross which men call Gold.     For these we undergo     Our hot and godless days,     But in our hearts we know     Not unto us the Praise.     O Power by Whom we live,     Creator, Judge, and Friend,     Upholdingly forgive     Nor fail us at the end:     But grant us well to see     In all our piteous ways,     Non nobis Domine!,     Not unto us the Praise!

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