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The Celeſtial Country.
And now we live in hope,
And Syon, in her anguiſh,
With Babylon muſt cope;
But He whom now we truſt in
Shall then be ſeen and known,
And they that know and ſee Him
Shall have Him for their own.
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The miſerable pleaſures
Of the body ſhall decay;
The bland and flattering ſtruggles
Of the fleſh ſhall paſs away;
And none ſhall there be jealous,
And none ſhall there contend;
Fraud, clamor, guile—what ſay I?
All ill, all ill ſhall end!
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And there is David's Fountain,
And life in fulleſt glow;
And there the light is golden,
