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| All my life long I had panted 
 
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|  | 1. | All my life long I had panted | 
|  |  | For a draught from some cool spring, | 
|  |  | That I hoped would quench the burning | 
|  |  | Of the thirst I felt within. | 
|  |  | Hallelujah! I have found Him | 
|  |  | Whom my soul so long has craved! | 
|  |  | Jesus satisfies my longings; | 
|  |  | Through His life I now am saved. | 
|  | 2. | Feeding on the husks around me, | 
|  |  | Till my strength was almost gone, | 
|  |  | Longed my soul for something better, | 
|  |  | Only still to hunger on. | 
|  | 3. | Poor I was, and sought for riches, | 
|  |  | Something that would satisfy, | 
|  |  | But the dust I gathered round me | 
|  |  | Only mocked my soul's sad cry. | 
|  | 4. | Well of water, ever springing, | 
|  |  | Bread of life, so rich and free, | 
|  |  | Untold wealth that never faileth, | 
|  |  | My Redeemer is to me. |