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    "text": "The billows swell, the winds are high,",
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    "text": "Clouds overcast my wintry sky:",
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    "text": "Out of the depths to thee I call,",
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    "text": "Lord, the pilot’s part perform,",
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    "text": "And guide and guard me through the storm;",
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    "text": "Defend me from each threat’ning ill,",
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    "text": "Amidst the roaring of the sea,",
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    "text": "Thy constant love, thy faithful care,",
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    "text": "Dangers of every shape and name",
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    "text": "Attend the foll’wers of the Lamb,",
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    "text": "Who leave the world’s deceitful shore,",
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