“My spirit longs for Thee,
Within my troubled breast,
Though I unworthy be
Of so divine a Guest.”

— John Byrom

"The Desponding Soul's Wish" (also called "My Spirit Longs For Thee")
Miscellaneous Poems (1773)

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