As Thou commandest; all apart from Thee,
From Thee alone their life and power deriving,
Sink and are lost in vast eternity!
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O, merciful God! I cannot shun Thy presence,
For through its veil of flesh, Thy piercing eye
Looketh upon my spirit’s unsoiled essence,
As through the pure transparence of the sky;
Let not the oppressor clap his bloody hands,
As o’er my prostrate innocence he stands.