Her scepter was stained with crimson
Vice lurked in her smile to mar
And over her glorious beauty
Burned Crime's unsightly scar,
And lo, from her pagan palace
Girt 'round with its burning zone
To his Father's righteous dwelling
Canaan is coming home.
Vice lurked in her smile to mar
And over her glorious beauty
Burned Crime's unsightly scar,
And lo, from her pagan palace
Girt 'round with its burning zone
To his Father's righteous dwelling
Canaan is coming home.
EDEN
Sweet Eden garden of delight
Abode of innocence,
Alas, that sin should ever blight
Thy halcyon loveliness!
Abode of innocence,
Alas, that sin should ever blight
Thy halcyon loveliness!
Amid thy bowers of fadeless Spring
Love hastened to abide
And Purity with spotless wing
Dwelt ever at her side;
Love hastened to abide
And Purity with spotless wing
Dwelt ever at her side;
In thee, the wild beast's savage power
To gentleness was awed
And in the cool of evening hour
Was heard the voice of God.
To gentleness was awed
And in the cool of evening hour
Was heard the voice of God.
Rejoicing angels sang their psalms,
Glad heralds of thy birth,
And peace breathed through thy waving palms
Thou emerald gem of earth!
Glad heralds of thy birth,
And peace breathed through thy waving palms
Thou emerald gem of earth!
Brightness and freshness, love and peace
And changeless joy were thine
O why should all thy promise cease
Thy dawn so soon decline!
And changeless joy were thine
O why should all thy promise cease
Thy dawn so soon decline!
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