In most of his hymns he keeps the same figure
or phrase through all his verses. In the following
he sings of the 'breezes of Mount Zion':
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Lord, let the gladdening breezes
Revive this soul of mine,
And raise it, weak and wearied,
To Heaven's air benign:
The breeze will break and scatter
The clouds that hang so low;
I long to feel its freshness--
From heaven let it blow!
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The breezes of Mount Zion
Kindle the holy flame;
The breezes of Mount Zion
Renew the feeble frame:
Oft in the breeze of Zion
My soul with song would fill;
And I shall yet be singing,
Before I reach the hill.
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The breezes of Mount Zion
Shall fill the sails again;
And lift the stranded vessel
To voyage o'er the main:
The breezes of Mount Zion
Leave all the sky aglow;--
In Canaan's sunny valleys
No cold winds ever blow.
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