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Lift Me, Lord
Lift me, Lord, for I fall and nothing stays me, loveless and heedless, without faith or fear. I long to rise but lie unmoving here: the very self that...
To Christ on the Cross
I am not moved to love you, Lord, to gain the heaven you have promised in return. And God, what moves me never to complain is not the fear...