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   {
    "text": "Return, dear Lord, to those who look",
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   },
   {
    "text": "With eager eyes that yearn",
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   {
    "text": "For Thee among the garden flowers;",
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   {
    "text": "After the dark and lonely hours,",
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   {
    "text": "As morning light return.",
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   {
    "text": "Return to those who wander far,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "With lamps that dimly burn,",
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   {
    "text": "Along the troubled road of thought,",
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   {
    "text": "Where doubt and conflict come unsought⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "With inward joy return.",
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   {
    "text": "Return to those on whom the yoke",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Of life is hard and stern;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Renew the hope within their breast,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Draw them to Thee and give them rest;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "O Friend of Man, return.",
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   }
  ],
  [
   {
    "text": "Return to this war-weary world,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And help us all to learn",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Thy secret of victorious life,",
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   {
    "text": "The love that triumphs over strife⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "O prince of Peace, return.",
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   }
  ],
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   {
    "text": "Jesus, we ask not now that day",
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   {
    "text": "When all men shall discern",
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   {
    "text": "Thy coming with the angelic host;",
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   {
    "text": "To-day, to all who need Thee most,",
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   {
    "text": "In silent ways, return!",
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