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Rev. 21
ETERNAL LIFE
For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country
ELY CATHEDRAL 7.6.7.6.D.
For thee, O dear country,
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love beholding
Thy holy name, they weep.
O one, O only mansion!
O Paradise of joy!
Where tears are ever banish'd
And smiles have no alloy;
With jasper glow thy burwarks,
Thy streets with emeralds blaze;
The sardius and the topaz
Unite in thee their rays;
The cross is all thy splendor,
The Crucified thy praise;
His laud and benediction
Thy ransom'd saints shall raise;
O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!

For thee, O dear country,
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love beholding
Thy holy name, they weep.

O one, O only mansion!
O Paradise of joy!
Where tears are ever banish'd
And smiles have no alloy;

With jasper glow thy burwarks,
Thy streets with emeralds blaze;
The sardius and the topaz
Unite in thee their rays;

The cross is all thy splendor,
The Crucified thy praise;
His laud and benediction
Thy ransom'd saints shall raise;

O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!



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   Bernard of Cluny, c. 1145
   Tr. by John Mason Neale, 1858 (1818-186) alt.		 Copyright © 1910 by G. Schirmer, Inc. Used by permission of the publisher. T. Tertius Noble, 1895 (1867-1953)