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 "poet": "Henry van Dyke Jr.",
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    "text": "When days are dark and nights are cold,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And all the world seems going wrong;",
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   {
    "text": "When fears are fresh, and hopes grow old,",
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   {
    "text": "And die because they’ve waited long;",
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   {
    "text": "When all is sad without, within,",
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    "text": "And I am plagued with doubt and sin,",
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    "text": "Yet have I comfort, and rejoice",
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    "text": "If I can hear the Master’s voice.",
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    "text": "Come unto Me, thou child distressed;",
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   {
    "text": "Come, find a refuge on My breast;",
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    "text": "Lay down thy burden, and have rest.",
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    "text": "When clouds are thick, and winds are loud,",
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   {
    "text": "And angry waters rising fast,",
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   {
    "text": "With many leaping waves that crowd",
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   {
    "text": "To overwhelm my boat at last;",
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    "text": "When all my chance of life seems lost,",
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   {
    "text": "Though far astray and tempest-tossed,",
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   {
    "text": "Yet have I courage, and rejoice",
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    "text": "If I can hear the Master’s voice.",
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    "text": "Be not afraid; ’tis I that stand,",
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    "text": "In every danger, near at hand.",
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    "text": "The winds are still at My command.",
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    "text": "When earthly voices, once so dear,",
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    "text": "Have died in silence, one by one,",
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    "text": "Till I am left to mourn them here",
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    "text": "With empty heart, and all alone;",
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    "text": "When sorrow from the gates of death",
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   {
    "text": "Breathes on my cheek her icy breath;",
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    "text": "Yet have I peace, and can rejoice",
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    "text": "If I but hear the Master’s voice.",
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    "text": "A little while; wait patiently.",
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    "text": "A little while, and thou shalt be",
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    "text": "With thy beloved, and with Me.",
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