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...• We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet still in the mire, Go crushing blosspms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust...heart-strings of a friend. ; : "The ill-timed truth we might hare kept, — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung? The word we had not sense to say, — .; .•...

...truth and right, O LORD, we stay; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from Heaven away. These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing...hands we thrust Among the heart.strings of a friend. Our faults no tenderness should ask; The chastening stripes must cleanse them all. But for our blunders!...

...truth and light, O Lord, we stay; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing...hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. 14 The ill-time truth that we have kept — We know how sharp it pierced and stung I M The word we...

...and light, O Lord, we stay; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing...we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. "The ill-time truth that we have kept — We know how sharp it pierced and stung 1 The word we had not sense...

...truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing...These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept, Who knows how sharp it pierced...

...and right, О Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing...ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how «harp it pierced and stung? The word we had not sense to say — Who knows how grandly it had rung?...

...and right, () Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. "These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing...These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-striugs of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced...

...and right, O Lord, we stay ; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing...These hard — well-meaning hands we thrust Among a. heart-strings of a friend. " The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced...

...in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end ; These hard — well-meaning hands we thrust Among a heart-strings of a friend. " The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows ho\v sharp it pierced and stung ? The word we had not sense to say — Who knows how grandly it had...