Round the dear ob­jects it has loved so long

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We would see Je­sus; yet the spir­it lin­gers

Round the dear ob­jects it has loved so long

And earth from earth can scarce un­clasp its fin­gers;

We Would See Jesus (Warner)

Lyricist: Anna Warner, 1852
Composer: John Dykes, 1871
Hymn 1

...We would see Je­sus; yet the spir­it lin­gers

Round the dear ob­jects it has loved so long,

And earth from earth can scarce un­clasp its fin­gers;...

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We would see Je­sus; yet the spir­it lin­gers

Round the dear ob­jects it has loved so long,

And earth from earth can scarce un­clasp its fin­gers;

We Would See Jesus (Warner)

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