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For them that hope in Thee Thou shalt hide	A
them in the secret of Thy face from the disturbance of men	B
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Thou shalt protect them in Thy tabernacle from the	C
contradiction of tongues	D
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Blessed be the Lord for He hath shewn His wonderful	E
mercy to me in a fortified city Psalm xxx	D
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Beauty and splendor were on every hand	F
Yet strangely crawled dark shadows down the lanes	D
Twisting across the fields like dragon shapes	D
That smote the air with blackness and devoured	G
The life of light and choked the smiling world	H
Till it grew livid with a sudden age	I
The death of hope	J
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O squandered happiness	D
Vain dust of misery powdering life's fresh flower	K
The sky was holy but the earth was not	L
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Men ruled but ruled in vain since wretchedness	D
Of soul and body for the mass of men	B
Made them like dead leaves in an idle drift	M
Around the plough of progress as it drove	N
Sharp through the glebe of modern days to plant	O
A civilized world Ay civilized but not Christian	P
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Civilization is a clarion voice	D
Crying in the wilderness a prophet word	G
Still unfulfilled And lo along the ways	D
Crowded with nations there arose a strife	Q
Disturbance of men tongues contradicting tongues	D
Madness of noise that scattered multitudes	D
A trample of blind feet beneath whose tread	R
Truth's bloom shrank withered while incessant mouths	D
Howled Progress Change as though all moods of change	S
Were fiats of truth eternal	E
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'Mid the din	T
Two pilgrims faring forward saw the light	U
In a strong city fortified and moved	V
Patiently thither All your steps are vain	W
Cried scoffers There is mercy in the world	H
But chiefly mercy of man to man For we	X
Are good We help our fellows when we can	Y
Our charity is enormous Look at these	D
Long rolls of rich subscriptions We are good	Z
'T is true God's mercy plays a part in things	D
But most is left to us and we judge well	A2
Stay with us in the field of endless war	B2
Here only is health Yon city fortified	A
You dream of why its ramparts are as dust	C2
It gives no safety One assaulting sweep	D2
Of our huge cohorts would annul its power	K
Crush it in atoms make it meaningless	D
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The pilgrims listened but onward still they moved	V
They passed the gates they stood upon a hill	E2
Enclosed but in that strong enclosure free	X
Though earth opposed they held the key to heaven	P
On came the turbulent multitude in war	B2
Dashing against the city's walls and swept	F2
Through all the streets and robbed and burned and killed	G2
The walls were strong the gates were always open	P
And so the invader rioted and was proud	H2
But sudden in seeming triumph the enemy host	I2
Was stricken with death and still the city stayed	J2
Skyward the souls of its defenders rose	D
Returning soon in mist intangible	E
That flashed with radiance of half hidden swords	D
And those who still assaulted though they crept	F2
Into the inmost vantage points with craft	K2
Fell blasted namelessly by this veiled flash	L2
Even as they shouted out The place is ours	D
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So those two pilgrims dwelt there fortified	A
In that strong city men had thought so frail	M2
They died and lived again Fiercest attack	N2
Was as a perfumed breeze to them which drew	O2
Their souls still closer unto God And there	P2
Beauty and splendor bloomed untouched The stars	D
Spoke to them bidding them be of good cheer	Q2
Though hostile hordes rushed over them in blood	R2
And still the prayers of all that people rose	D
As incense mingled with music of their hearts	D
For Christ was with them angels were their aid	J2
What though the enemy used their open gates	D
The children of the citadel conquered all	S2
Their conquerors smiting them with the pure light	U
That shone in that strong city fortified	A

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