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ALEXANDER II. OF RUSSIA.
Ah! when the Muscovite story
Ages to ages shall tell,
Still will the patriarchs hoary
Cry, "I was the Czar of our glory,
He who loved Russians so well—
Alexander!"
Ages to ages shall tell,
Still will the patriarchs hoary
Cry, "I was the Czar of our glory,
He who loved Russians so well—
Alexander!"
God be his shield and defender!
Keep him from sorrow afar!
Then, when his life he shall render,
Fold in eternity's splendor
Russia's redeemer—the Czar
Alexander!
Keep him from sorrow afar!
Then, when his life he shall render,
Fold in eternity's splendor
Russia's redeemer—the Czar
Alexander!
