Nor swayed by restless passion let me be,

That I may give the offering pure to Thee;

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Else were I ’shamed when hoary age I see,

Shamed were this board that bears Thy gifts to me:

Mine is the impulse; O my Christ, I pray,

Be Thou Thyself to me the Blessed Way!

AN EVENING HYMN

ἐψευσάμην σε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, λόγε

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