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Thou long disowned, reviled, oppressed 
Thou long-disowned, reviled, oppressed Strange friend of human kind, Seeking through weary years a rest Within our hearts to find. 
How late thy bright and awful brow Breaks through these clouds of sin ! Hail, Truth Divine, we know thee now, Angel of God, come in ! 
Come, though with purifying fire And desolating sword, Thou of all nations the desire, Earth waits thy cleansing word. 
Struck by the lightning of thy glance Let old oppressions die ; Before thy cloudless countenance Let fear and falsehood fly. 
Flood our dark life with golden day, Convince, subdue, enthrall ; Then to a mightier yield thy sway And Love be all in all !