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Godhead here in Hiding (Adoro te devote)
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Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore,
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Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more,
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See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart
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Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.
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Seeing, touching, tasting are in thee deceived:
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How says trusty hearing? That shall be believed;
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What God's Son has told me, Take for truth I do;
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Truth himself speaks truly or there's nothing true.
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On the cross thy godhead made no sign to men,
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Here thy very manhood steals from human ken:
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both are my confession, both are my belief,
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And I pray the prayer of the dying thief.
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I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see,
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But can plainly call thee Lord and God as he;
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This faith each day deeper be my holding of,
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Daily make me harder hope and dearer love.
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O thou our reminder Of Christ crucified,
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Living Bread, the life of us for whom he died,
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Lend this life to me then: feed and feast my mind,
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There be thou the sweetness man was meant to find.
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Jesu, whom I look at shrouded here below,
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I beseech thee send me what I thirst for so,
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someday to gaze on thee Face to face in light
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And be blest for ever With thy glory's sight.