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Text:Dear Lord, Each Selfish Thought We Think
Author:Lucy Larcom
Tune:ST. AGNES
Composer:John B. Dykes

153. Dear Lord, Each Selfish Thought We Think

1 Dear Lord, each selfish thought we think
Puts us afar from thee;
Into our own dark depths we sink,
Where heaven can never be.

2 Teach us to know thee as thou art;
To give as thou hast given!
O show us how the loving heart
May make this world a heaven!

Text Information
First Line: Dear Lord, each selfish thought we think
Title: Dear Lord, Each Selfish Thought We Think
Author: Lucy Larcom (1892)
Publication Date: 1921
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: ST. AGNES
Composer: John B. Dykes (1866)
Notes: Public Domain.



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