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 OD is not importunate : If we will not hear His voice, He is silent, and withdraws, Angels mourn, and fiends rejoice. O Lord, direct us ! Was it our fault Adam fell ? Did we will his sinning ? Fore-ordained to endless Hell, Heaven not for our winning. O Lord, direct us ! Other life we know not yet ; But from what we know of this, Tis an evil thing to get : Souls unborn come nearest bliss. O Lord, direct us !