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    "text": "Had I the grace to win the grace",
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    "text": "Of some old man in lore complete,",
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    "text": "My face would worship at his face,",
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    "text": "And I sit lowly at his feet.",
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    "text": "Had I the grace to win the grace",
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    "text": "Of childhood, loving shy, apart,",
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    "text": "The child should find a nearer place,",
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    "text": "Had I the grace to win the grace",
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    "text": "Of maiden living all above,",
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    "text": "My soul would trample down the base,",
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    "text": "A grace I had no grace to win",
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    "text": "Knocks now at my half open door:",
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    "text": "Ah, Lord of glory, come thou in!⁠—",
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    "text": "Thy grace divine is all, and more.",
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