Ere mountains reared their forms sublime
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Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,Or heaven and earth in order stood,Before the birth of ancient time,From everlasting thou art God.
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A thousand ages, in their flight,With thee are as a fleeting day;Past, present, future, to thy sightAt once their various scenes display.
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But our brief life's a shadowy dream,A passing thought, that soon is o'er,That fades with morning's earliest beam,And fills the musing mind no more.
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To us, O Lord, the wisdom give,Each passing moment so to spendThat we at length with thee may live,Where life and bliss shall never end.