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Title: Hymn 2:53 [Lord! What A Wretched Land Is This] Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts] The pilgrimage of the saints; or, Earth and heaven.
But pricking thorns thro' all the ground Yet the clear path to thine abode [Our souls shall tread the desert thro' [A thousand savage beasts of prey [Long nights and darkness dwell below, [By glimmering hopes and gloomy fears Our journey is a thorny maze, [See the kind angels at the gates, There on a green and flowery mount [No vain discourse shall fill our tongue, Eternal glories to the King [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |