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Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884], at sacred-texts.com


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HYMNS

OF

The Eastern Church

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PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON

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HYMNS

OF

The Eastern Church.

TRANSLATED,
WITH NOTES AND AN INTRODUCTION,
BY

THE REV. J: M. Neale, D.D.,

Warden of Sackville College.

FIFTH EDITION.

LONDON:

J. T. HAYES, 17 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

[1884]

Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, July 2009, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

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Sion’s lyre, thou best content
That e’er Heav’n to mortals lent,
Though they as a trifle leave thee,
Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,
Though to them thou be a scorn
Who to nought but earth are born,
May my life no longer be
Than I am in love with thee!

Wither.

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TO

THE SUPERIOR

AND

THE OTHER SISTERS

OF

The House of Mercy at Clewer.

WITH THANKFULNESS FOR THEIR PAST, AND PRAYERS FOR THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS,

THESE HYMNS

ARE DEDICATED.


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