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Now parted from that blessed spot, that altar so divine,
They rear for love another home, for Faith another shrine.
Though by a different sign they name the Undefiled and Blest,
Yet droops his sheltering wing above each humble, holy breast.
They rear for love another home, for Faith another shrine.
Though by a different sign they name the Undefiled and Blest,
Yet droops his sheltering wing above each humble, holy breast.
To Him, our Father and our Friend, whom heaven's bright hosts adore,
Whose hallowed name shall yet resound to earth's remotest shore,
An humble suppliant bends to Him, the One Great King of kings,
And through His well beloved Son accepted worship brings.
Whose hallowed name shall yet resound to earth's remotest shore,
An humble suppliant bends to Him, the One Great King of kings,
And through His well beloved Son accepted worship brings.
One bends within that stately fane, upon thy classic strand,
Immortal Rome! the poet's theme, thou proud and storied land!
One upon Afric's sandy shores erects his humble shrine,
And one adores upon thy hills, time-hallowed Palestine.
Immortal Rome! the poet's theme, thou proud and storied land!
One upon Afric's sandy shores erects his humble shrine,
And one adores upon thy hills, time-hallowed Palestine.
Bowing before the throne of God the holy vow they take,
Who seal that precious bond of love which death can never break;
Then with unfaltering souls His shield fast to their hearts they gird,
And spread abroad through heathen gloom the riches of His word.
Who seal that precious bond of love which death can never break;
Then with unfaltering souls His shield fast to their hearts they gird,
And spread abroad through heathen gloom the riches of His word.
