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O Blessed Paraclete
MONSELL-Joseph Barnby
O Blessed Paraclete
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O blessed Paraclete,
Assert thine inward sway;
My body make the temple meet,
For thy perpetual stay.
Too long this house of thine
By alien loves possessed,
Has shut from thee its inner shrine,
Kept thee a slighted guest.
Now rend, O Spirit blest,
The veil of my poor heart;
Enter thy long forbidden rest,
And nevermore depart.
Oh, to be filled with thee!
I ask not aught beside;
For all unholy guests must flee,
If thou in me abide.