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Oliver Wendell Holmes - Parting Hymn

2014-11-10 4 Dailymotion

'DUNDEE' <br /> <br />FATHER of Mercies, Heavenly Friend, <br />We seek thy gracious throne; <br />To Thee our faltering prayers ascend, <br />Our fainting hearts are known. <br /> <br />From blasts that chill, from suns that smite, <br />From every plague that harms; <br />In camp and march, in siege and fight, <br />Protect our men-at-arms. <br /> <br />Though from our darkened lives they take <br />What makes our life most dear, <br />We yield them for their country's sake <br />With no relenting tear. <br /> <br />Our blood their flowing veins will shed, <br />Their wounds our breasts will share; <br />Oh, save us from the woes we dread, <br />Or grant us strength to bear! <br /> <br />Let each unhallowed cause that brings <br />The stern destroyer cease, <br />Thy flaming angel fold his wings, <br />And seraphs whisper Peace! <br /> <br />Thine are the sceptre and the sword, <br />Stretch forth thy mighty hand,-- <br />Reign Thou our kingless nation's Lord, <br />Rule Thou our throneless land!<br /><br />Oliver Wendell Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/parting-hymn/

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