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BE THOU MY GUIDE

BE Thou my guide, and I will walk in darkness  As one who treads the beamy heights of day, Feeling a gladness amid desert sadness,  And breathing vernal fragrance all the way. Be Thou my wealth, and, reft of all besides Thee,  I will forget the strife for meaner things, Blest in the sweetness of thy rare completeness,  And opulent beyond the dream of kings. Be Thou my strength, O lowly One and saintly!  And, though unvisioned ills about me throng, Though danger woo me and deceit pursue me,  Yet in the thought of Thee I will be strong!

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