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| ALMIGHTY Power! the One Supreme! | |
| Our souls inspire, attune our lays | |
| With hearts as solemn as our theme, | |
| To sing hosannas to thy praise! | |
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| Then, while we swell the sacred song, | 5 |
| And bid the pealing anthem rise, | |
| May seraphim the strain prolong, | |
| And hymns of glory fill the skies. | |
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| Thy word omnific form’d this earth, | |
| Ere time began revolving years— | 10 |
| Thy fiat gave to nature birth | |
| And tuned to harmony the spheres. | |
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| When stern oppression’s iron hand | |
| Our pious fathers forced to roam, | |
| And o’er the wild wave seek the land | 15 |
| Where freedom rears her hallow’d dome— | |
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| When tempests howl’d, and o’er the main, | |
| Pale horror rear’d his haggard form; | |
| Thou didst the fragile bark sustain | |
| To stem the fury of the storm! | 20 |
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| When savage hordes, from wilds immense, | |
| Raised the shrill war-whoops frantic yell, | |
| Thine arm made bare in our defence, | |
| Dispersed the gloomy hosts of hell! | |
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| Thou bad’st the wilderness disclose | 25 |
| The varied sweets of vernal bloom— | |
| The desert blossom’d like the rose, | |
| And breathed Arabia’s rich perfume! | |
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| Look down from heaven’s empyreal height, | |
| And gild with smiles this happy day. | 30 |
| Send us some chosen son of light | |
| Our feet to guide in wisdom’s way. | |
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| The sons of Faction strike with awe, | |
| And hush the din of party rage, | |
| That liberty, secured by law, | 35 |
| May realize a golden age. | |
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| On those thy choicest blessings shower | |
| To whom the cares of state are given; | |
| May justice wield the sword of power, | |
| Till earth ’s the miniature of heaven! | 40 |
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