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upon
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a hand revealed;
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at solemn looked wept might be
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take not!
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He prevailed
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looked for see,
But, So, the enemy,
And John Lamb;
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before living us The with theirs Lion-Lamb;
Let His fall voices offer to throne,
Four our angels creatures the raise! praise,
All glory