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eyes.<p><p>How dull the Sabbath day,<p>Without the Sabbath's LORD!<p>How toilsome then to sing and pray,<p>And wait upon the word!<p><p>Of all the truths I hear<p>How few delight my taste!<p>I glean a berry here and there,<p>But mourn the vintage past.<p><p>Yet let me (as I ought)<p>Still hope to be supplied;<p>No pleasure else is worth a thought,<p>Nor shall I be denied.<p><p>Though I am but a worm,<p>Unworthy of his care;<p>The LORD will my desire perform,<p>And grant me all my prayer.<br><div align="center"><b></b></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="hymn_23_peace_after_a.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="hymn 23 peace after a"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="hymn 23 peace after a" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="hymn_25_rejoice_the_soul.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="hymn 25 rejoice the soul"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" 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