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    "text": "Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,",
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    "text": "Those holy souls, they suffer on,",
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    "text": "For daily falls, for pardon’d crime,",
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    "text": "They joy to undergo",
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    "text": "The shadow of Thy cross sublime,",
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    "text": "The remnant of Thy woe.",
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    "text": "Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,",
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    "text": "The souls to Thee so dear,",
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    "text": "In prison for the debt unpaid",
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    "text": "Of sins committed here.",
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    "text": "Oh, by their patience of delay,",
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    "text": "Their sacred zeal to burn away",
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    "text": "Oh, by their fire of love, not less",
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    "text": "In keenness than the flame,",
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    "text": "Oh, by their very helplessness,",
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    "text": "Oh, by Thy own great Name,",
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    "text": "Good Jesu, help! sweet Jesu, aid",
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    "text": "The souls to Thee most dear,",
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