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| WE have toiled, O Lord, with our blood and might | |
| And have offered a hymn to Thee; | |
| And in pain and rage we have spent our light, | |
| And our nights in misery; | |
| We have dug the trench and built the site, | 5 |
| That we might be near to Thee; | |
| O Lord our God, we have spent our light | |
| In search of Thee. | |
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| Garish culture we spurned as we spurned all things | |
| That were not in the grace of Thee; | 10 |
| And we bowed our heads and our hearts to kings | |
| Who wore crowns by their claims in Thee; | |
| In the deep of night we have sung Thy praise, | |
| Unperishing songs of Thee; | |
| O Lord our God, we have spent our days | 15 |
| In praise of Thee. | |
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| We’ve preserved our flesh from the joys of lust | |
| That we might be clean with Thee; | |
| We have fed our souls on the dryest dust, | |
| That we might keep true to Thee; | 20 |
| We have fought, and many the odds have stood, | |
| We have conquered the world for Thee; | |
| O Lord our God, we have spilled our blood | |
| For love of Thee. | |
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| We have toiled, O Lord, with our blood and might, | 25 |
| And have offered a hymn to Thee; | |
| Yet our days You’ve cursed with the gloom of night, | |
| And our nights with misery; | |
| We have kept our faith through the bitterest strife, | |
| Through the bitterest strife for Thee; | 30 |
| O Lord our God, take of our dust, | |
| Our faith in Thee. | |
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