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Cheer up, desponding soul 
Cheer up, desponding soul, thy longing pleased I see; ‘Tis part of that great whole, wherewith I longed for thee: 
Wherewith I longed for thee, and left my Father's throne ; from death to set thee free, to claim thee for my own: 
To claim thee for my own, I suffered on the cross; O were my love but known, no soul could fear its loss: 
No soul could fear its loss, but filled with love divine, would die on its own cross, and rise for ever mine. 
John Byrom (1691-1763)