Lord! it is not life to live

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Lord! it is not life to live
If thy presence Thou deny:
Lord! if Thou thy presence give,
'Tis no longer death to die.
Source and giver of repose!
Singly from thy smile it flows.
Thee to see and Thee to love
Perfects bliss below, above.

© Augustus Montague Toplady