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THE DEDICATION, TO THE TEMPLE by GEORGE HERBERT

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First Line: LORD, MY FIRST FRUITS PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THEE
Last Line: THEIRS, WHO SHALL HURT THEMSELVES OR ME, REFRAIN.
LORD, my first fruits present themselves to thee;
Yet not mine neither: for from thee they came,
And must return. Accept of them and me,
And make us strive, who shall sing best thy name.
Turn their eyes hither, who shall make a gain:
Theirs, who shall hurt themselves or me, refrain.



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