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The Dies Iræ.
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8.

King majeſtic! Sovereign dread!
Saving all for whom He bled,
Save Thou me! Salvation's Head!

9.

Holy Jeſus! priceleſs ſtay!
Think! for me Thy bleeding way!
Loſe me not, upon That Day.

10.

Faint and weary, Thou haſt ſought,
By the Croſs, my crown haſt bought;
Can ſuch anguiſh be for naught?

11.

Oh! avenging Judge ſevere,
Grant remiſſion, full and clear,
Ere th' accounting day appear.