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<h2>FOR THEE, O DEAR, DEAR COUNTRY</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold.” Revelation 21:18</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_n_e_neale_jm.jpg" alt="John Mason Neale (1818-1866)" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="141.333333333333" height="201.333333333333">
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<p><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_e_bernard_m.html" target="_blank">Bernard of Morlaix</a>, <em>circa</em> 1140 (<em>O bona patria</em>); translated from Latin to English by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_n_e_neale_jm.html" target="_blank">John Mason Neale</a>, 1849. The last stanza is shared with <a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_r_brieflif.html">Brief Life Is Here Our Portion</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Bona Patria,” <em>Sacred Hymns and Tunes</em> (Bristol, England: 1876) </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_b_o_bonapatr.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>For thee, O dear, dear country,<br>
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Mine eyes their vigils keep;<br>
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For very love, beholding<br>
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Thy happy name, they weep.<br>
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The mention of thy glory<br>
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Is unction to the breast<br>
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And medicine in sickness<br>
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And love and life and rest.</p>
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<p>O one, O only mansion,<br>
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O paradise of joy,<br>
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Where tears are ever banished<br>
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And smiles have no alloy!<br>
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The Lamb is all thy splendor,<br>
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The Crucified thy praise;<br>
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His laud and benediction<br>
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Thy ransomed people raise.</p>
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<p>With jasper glow thy bulwarks,<br>
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Thy streets with emeralds blaze;<br>
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The sardius and the topaz<br>
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Unite in thee their rays;<br>
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Thine ageless walls are bonded<br>
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With amethyst unpriced;<br>
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The saints build up thy fabric,<br>
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The cornerstone is Christ.</p>
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<p>Thou hast no shore, fair ocean;<br>
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Thou hast no time, bright day,<br>
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Dear fountain of refreshment<br>
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To pilgrims far away!<br>
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Upon the Rock of Ages<br>
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They raise thy holy tower;<br>
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Thine is the victor’s laurel<br>
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And thine the golden dower.</p>
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<p>O sweet and blessèd country,<br>
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The home of God’s elect!<br>
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O sweet and blessèd country,<br>
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That eager hearts expect!<br>
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Jesus, in mercy bring us,<br>
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To that dear land of rest;<br>
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Who art, with God the Father,<br>
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And Spirit, ever blest.</p>
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