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    "text": "This is the Saint of gentleness and kindness,",
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    "text": "Cheerful in penance, and in precept winning;",
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    "text": "This is the Saint, who, when the world allures us,",
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    "text": "Love is his bond, he knows no other fetter,",
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    "text": "Asks not our all, but takes whate’er we spare him,",
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    "text": "When he comes near to teach us and to bless us,",
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    "text": "Prayer is so sweet, that hours are but a minute;",
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    "text": "Mirth is so pure, though freely it possess us,",
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    "text": "Thus he conducts by holy paths and pleasant,",
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    "text": "Towards the bright palace where our God is present,",
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