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The Vexilla Regis.
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THE VEXILLA REGIS.
DR. NEALE.
1.
THE Royal Banners forward go;
The Croſs ſhines forth in myſtic glow;
Where He in fleſh, our fleſh who made,
Our ſentence bore, our ranſom paid.
2.
Where deep for us the ſpear was dy'd,
Life's torrent ruſhing from His ſide,
To waſh us in that precious flood
Where mingled water flow'd, and blood.
3.
Fulfill'd is all that David told
In true prophetic ſong of old;
Amidſt the nations God, ſaith he,
Hath reign'd and triumph'd from the Tree.
