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 Lovely was the death
 Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,
  He on the thought-benighted read more 
 Lovely was the death
 Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,
  He on the thought-benighted Skeptic beamed
   Manifest Godhead. 
 In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to 
see the difference between things; and read more 
 In darkness there is no choice. It is light that enables us to 
see the difference between things; and it is Christ that gives us 
light. 
 There is a green hill far away,
 Without a city wall,
  Where the dear Lord was crucified
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 There is a green hill far away,
 Without a city wall,
  Where the dear Lord was crucified
   Who died to save us all. 
 Therefore, friends,
 As far as to the sepulchre of Christ--
  Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross
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 Therefore, friends,
 As far as to the sepulchre of Christ--
  Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross
   We are impressed and engaged to fight--
    Fourthwith a power of English shall we levy,
     Whose arms were moulded in their mother's womb
      To chase these pagans in those holy fields
       Over whose acres walked those blessed feet
        Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed
         For our advantage on the bitter cross. 
 And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore,
 The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,
  For read more 
 And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore,
 The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,
  For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore. 
 But chiefly Thou,
 Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven
  To bleed for man, to teach read more 
 But chiefly Thou,
 Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven
  To bleed for man, to teach him how to live,
   And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die. 
 Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ 
within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.  
 Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ 
within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. 
 Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean;
 The world has grown gray from thy breath;
  We have drunken read more 
 Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean;
 The world has grown gray from thy breath;
  We have drunken from things Lethean,
   And fed on the fullness of death. 
 Near, so very near to God,
 Nearer I cannot be;
  For in the person of his Son
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 Near, so very near to God,
 Nearer I cannot be;
  For in the person of his Son
   I am as near as he.
    So dear, so very dear to God,
     More dear I cannot be;
      The love wherewith he loves the Son -
       Such is his love to me.