In The Time Of War And Tumults <br /> <br />O Lord Almighty, Thou whose hands <br />Despair and victory give; <br />In whom, though tyrants tread their lands, <br />The souls of nations live; <br /> <br />Thou wilt not turn Thy face away <br />From those who work Thy will, <br />But send Thy peace on hearts that pray, <br />And guard Thy people still. <br /> <br />Remember not the days of shame, <br />The hands with rapine dyed, <br />The wavering will, the baser aim, <br />The brute material pride: <br /> <br />Remember, Lord, the years of faith, <br />The spirits humbly brave, <br />The strength that died defying death, <br />The love that loved the slave: <br /> <br />The race that strove to rule Thine earth <br />With equal laws unbought: . <br />Who bore for Truth the pangs of birth, <br />And brake the bonds of Thought. <br /> <br />Remember how, since time began, <br />Thy dark eternal mind <br />Through lives of men that fear not man <br />ls light for all mankind. <br /> <br />Thou wilt not turn Thy face away <br />From those who work Thy will, <br />But send Thy strength on hearts that pray <br />For strength to serve Thee still.<br /><br />Sir Henry Newbolt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-176/
