On Love

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When love beckons to you, Follow him
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Though his ways are hard and steep

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And when his wings enfold you, yield to him
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Though he hides a sword among them

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And when he speaks to you, believe in him
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Though his voice may shatter your dreams

[Chorus]
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Love will crown and crucify you
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So for your growth so he is for your pruning

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Love will caress your tenderest branches
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And shake every clinging root

[Verse 2]
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Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself
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He threshes and sifts you, he grinds and he kneads you

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And then he assigns you to his sacred fire
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That you may become sacred bread for god’s sacred feast

[Chorus]
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All these things shall love do unto you
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That you may know the secrets of your heart

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And in that knowledge become a fragment
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A fragment of love’s heart

[Verse 3]
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Now if in your fear you seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure
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Better cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor

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Into seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all your laughter
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and weep, and weep, but not all of your tears

[Chorus]
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Love gives naught but itself
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and takes naught but from itself
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Love possesses not nor would be possessed
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For love is enough

[Bridge]
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You should say I am in the heart of God
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You cannot direct the course of love
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Love it finds you worthy, it directs your course

[Chorus]
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To wake at dawn with a winged heart
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To come home in the evening with gratitude

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And to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart
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And a song of praise on your lips