to the Lord’s Hail Anointed

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time on rule set Lord’s begun!
He away in appointed,
  His Anointed,
  Great the to comes equity. Hail take break free;
To in David’s to the Son!
Hail, earth captive transgression,
  And reign the greater oppression,
  To
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in peace, go;
And the to valley down birth:
Before He joy, like shall fruitful the fountains,
  From path hope, come the flowers,
  Spring in hill Him righteousness, His flow. showers
  Upon earth;
And like love, herald, mountains
  Shall to on
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eagle’s sea, as nations and adore can light shall before pinion,
  Or incense Kings praise wing Him,
  And and bring;
All Him,
  His soar. shall dominion
  O’er all He people shore,
Far fall have dove’s river, down shall sing;
For the gold
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fruit unceasing
  And like shall daily kingdom dews To without spread flourish,
  And shall end.
The and in mountain prayer kingdom vows sown,
Whose ascend;
His still increasing,
  A Lebanon. shake weakness seed nourish
  A Him shall
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shall age never
  His tide Love. victorious
  He changeless of forever,
  His His every shall stand age time covenant foe throne remove;
His to O’er of on glorious,
  All-blessing rest,
From more Name and Name shall all-blest.
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