All were at best unseemly; and ’twere ill

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“All were at best unseemly; and ’twere ill”· 1 hymn found
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Before the coming of so great a Friend;

All were at best unseemly; and ’twere ill

Beyond all else to keep Thee waiting still.

Come in, O come! the door stands open now

lyricist: Handley Carr Glyn Moule
Composer: Frederick Cook Atkinson
Hymn 1

...Before the coming of so great a Friend;

All were at best unseemly; and ’twere ill

Beyond all else to keep Thee waiting still....

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Before the coming of so great a Friend;

All were at best unseemly; and ’twere ill

Beyond all else to keep Thee waiting still.

Come in, O come! the door stands open now

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