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- CCXI LORD! It Is Not Life To Live,
CCXI LORD! it is not life to live,
If Thy presence Thou deny;
LORD! if Thou Thy presence give,
'Tis no longer death -- to die.
Source and Giver of repose,
Singly from Thy smile it flows;
Peace and happiness are Thine, --
Mine they are, if Thou art mine.