Hail, peaceful day! divinely blest!
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Hail, peaceful day! divinely blest!Sweetly thy glories would we sing,Memorial of that sacred restOf vast creation's mighty King:This hallowed time to man was given,A foretaste of the bliss of heaven.
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Hark! through the shining courts aboveWhat rapturous praises echo now!Around that holy law of loveSeraphs in adoration bow;Let earth, responsive to the strain,Exalt alone Jehovah's name.
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O come, thou bright, immortal day!When at his temple all adore,And own his universal swayFrom age to age, forevermore;Then Zion shall in triumph reign,And Eden bloom on earth again.