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THANKSGIVING DEFERRED by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: I BLESS THEE, LORD, WHO HAST RESTORED MY SIGHT
Last Line: BUT AH, WHEN ALL WAS WELL, WHERE WAS MY LOVE?
I bless Thee, Lord, who hast restored my sight;
Where were my thanks through all my years of light?

Thou liftest me again; Thy praise I tell;
Where was my gratitude before I fell?

Thou healest me; glad thanks to Thee belong;
Alas, my thankless heart when I was strong!

My fetters Thou dost loose; all praise to Thee!
And yet I praised Thee not when I was free.

I bless Thee, who dost all my ills remove;
But ah, when all was well, where was my love?



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