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83. 



O Lord, my God, mighty Creator, 



How long shall I journey from door to door, from place to 

 place ? 



Either shut Thou against me once and for ever the dwelling of 

 Hope, 6 



Or unlock for me now the door of my endeavours. 



84. 



O Thou who beatest down the enemy's pride, 



And sweepest away the rubbish of the age 



My heart is oppressed , Lord, by these miscreants. 



Confound them, and plunge them in tumult and disaster 



85. 



Thou gavest me a dwelling in Thy street, and a refuge, 

 A place at the feast of union with Thee 



™ 8hor i-T With a hundred sw «et endearments 



d°<Lrr make ^ l0Ve Th6e; Th0U dravest me into the 



Compare the Imitation of Christ III. xi:—<< But 

 what art thou to thy lovers? . . V eril V the 



sweetness of thy contemplation that thou grantest ' 



When 



n«f lu j , — r — — -*«« vvuen i was 



not, thou madest me, and when I erred from thee, 



«?? T des i me , a S ain • • • and thou commandest 

 me to love thee. 



" in 



Line 4. That is to the ■ « secret places u, 

 which, sa ys a Kempis, -the great holy men, 

 where they might, fled men's fellowship and 

 chose to hve in God." (I. xx ). p 



86. 



Sovereign of the two worlds, help us 



Give aid to our weakness and distress. 



O Lion of God come quickly to our appeal ; 



To whom shall I cry save to thee whoart our helper ? 



87. 



Thou r h y as a t n m^ ed Th ° U h f * made «* companions 

 THs \ Sr t T^ Ant f0r an e ™ning's loaf. 



Wh^ha e T .„ * SS !?i « ™3? d oor. 



Thee, O Lord. 



