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Rh Let earth's -wide circle round In joyful notes resound: May, &c. Let air and sea and sky Through depth and height reply, May Jesus Christ he prais'd!

 

! my beloved King, I give all thanks to thee, Who by thy cross hast merited Celestial grace for me.

In Adam rais'd to dignities Transcendent and divine; In Adam fallen from the bliss That once in him was mine.—

That grace to which my native strength, Could never have attain'd, That grace, O my Incarnate God, In thee I have regain'd.

O gift of love! O gift immense! Surpassing nature's law; What force to will and to perform From this pure fount I draw.

By this how many passing acts, Which else had been in vain, Endued with meritorious power, A prize eternal gain! 