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 "title": "My Soul Thirsteth for God",
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    "text": "I thirst, but not as once I did,",
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   {
    "text": "The vain delights of earth to share;",
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    "text": "Thy wounds, Emmanuel, all forbid",
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    "text": "That I should seek my pleasures there.",
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    "text": "It was the sight of thy dear cross",
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    "text": "First wean’d my soul from earthly things,",
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    "text": "And taught me to esteem as dross",
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    "text": "I want that grace that springs from thee,",
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    "text": "That quickens all things where it flows,",
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    "text": "And makes a wretched thorn like me",
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    "text": "Bloom as the myrtle or the rose.",
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    "text": "Dear fountain of delight unknown!",
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    "text": "No longer sink below the brim;",
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    "text": "But overflow, and pour me down",
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    "text": "A living and life-giving stream!",
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    "text": "For sure, of all the plants that share",
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    "text": "The notice of thy Father’s eye,",
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    "text": "None proves less grateful to his care,",
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    "text": "Or yields him meaner fruit than I.",
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