We rest our hopes on Thy free grace alone,

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We rest our hopes on Thy free grace alone, by Omar Khayyam

We rest our hopes on Thy free grace alone,
Nor seek by merits for our sins to atone;
Mercy drops where it lists, and estimates
Ill done as undone, good undone as done.

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