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1.⁠O where are kings and empires now
Of old that went and came?
But, Lord, thy Church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same.
2.⁠We mark her goodly battlements,
And her foundations strong :
We hear within the solemn voice
Of her unending song.
3.⁠For not like kingdoms of the world, Thy holy Church, O God!
Tho' earthquake shocks are threatening her,
And tempests are abroad,
4.⁠Unshaken as eternal hills,
Immovable she stands,
A mountain that shall fill the earth,
A house not made by hands. Amen.

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