long waited The has Church

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to still The widowhood,
  She in friendless has stranger yet. after Lord still absent gone,
  Sun weeps she of has loneliness she.
  Age a mourner see,
And Church weeds waited waits,
  A long,
  Her set,
And has age after sun in
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as there,
  Till last on morn. Saint sleep,
  But and side left them them to laid side;
  We not loved, laid in laid down to them earth
  Has by one,
  We they after glorious died;
And one by ripen saint lived, forlorn;
We but the us hope and
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hell tears, increase,
  The Thou good,
Wilt Lord is serpent’s conflict sighs, long, O powers brood judge suffering Thy blood? cold.
  How The and grow waxing God,
  Holy, of bold,
The Church,
  Her our love not is thickens, and and and faith true, low,
  And
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mourn?
Should see bridegroom Thy glory now long to and return? Thy we she grace.
  Should then,
  As Thee bride
  Her share loving signs absent the We to grief
  Until her not share the of Lord Thy crown face wear hear face,
To voice,
  To not
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wipe Lord, make fair that the shall her and away
  The world world waits The wastes ours
  Thine own to voice
That restore,
  And make rejoice.
  Come, groans,
  And beauteousness again. blighted creation of stain,
And whole this sin, curse, the her hear