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Bryant:
Walter G. Alcock (1861-)
William Cullen Bryant, 1869
O North, with all thy vales of green, O South, with all thy palms! From peopled towns and vales between, Uplift the voice of psalms; Raise, ancient East, the anthem high, And let the youthful West reply. | Lo, in the clouds of heaven appears God's well-beloved Son; He brings a train of brighter years; His kingdom is begun. He comes, a guilty world to bless With mercy, truth, and righteousness. | O Father, haste the promised hour, When at his feet shall lie All rule, authority, and power, Beneath the ample sky; When he shall reign from pole to pole, The Lord of every human soul: | When all shall heed the words he said Amid their daily cares, And by the loving life he led Shall seek to pattern theirs; And he who conquered death shall win The mightier conquest over sin. | |
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