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Heavenly Father! God of love, Look with mercy from above; Let thy streams of comfort roll, Let them fill and cheer my soul. Love celestial, ardent fire; O extreme of sweet desire! Spread thy bright, thy gentle flame, Swift o’er all my mental frame. Sweet affections flow from hence, Sweet above the joys of sense; Let me thus for ever be, Full of gladness, full of thee.
Heavenly Father! God of love, Look with mercy from above; Let thy streams of comfort roll, Let them fill and cheer my soul. Love celestial, ardent fire; O extreme of sweet desire! Spread thy bright, thy gentle flame, Swift o’er all my mental frame. Sweet affections flow from hence, Sweet above the joys of sense; Let me thus for ever be, Full of gladness, full of thee.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Parnel (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 18 · printed citation: Parnel · subject: AFFECTION
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