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<pre>Hymn 265<br />
L.M.<br />
1. Torn from our friends and captive led,<br />
'Mid armed legions bound in chains,<br />
That peace for which our fathers bled<br />
Is gone, and dire confusion reigns.<br />
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2. Zion, our peaceful, happy home,<br />
Where oft' we joined in praise and prayer,<br />
A desolation has become,<br />
And grief and sorrow linger there.<br />
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3. Her virgins sigh, her widows mourn,<br />
Her children for their parents weep,<br />
In chains her priests and prophets groan,<br />
While some in death's cold arms do sleep,<br />
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4. Exulting her savage foes<br />
Now ravage, steal, and plunder, where<br />
A virgin's tears, a widows woes,<br />
Became their song of triumph there.<br />
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5. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forsake<br />
The saints who trembled at thy word?<br />
Awake, O arm of God, awake,<br />
And teach the nations thou art God.<br />
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6. Descend with all thy holy throng,<br />
The year of thy redeemed bring near;<br />
Haste - haste the day of vengeance on -<br />
Bid Zion's children dry their tears.<br />
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7. Deliver, Lord, thy captive saints,<br />
And comfort those who long have mourned;<br />
Bid Zion cease her dire complaints,<br />
And all creation cease to groan.</pre><br />
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