1
\nFor thee, O dear country,
\nMine eyes their vigils keep;
\nFor very love beholding
\nThy holy name, they weep.<\/p>\n
2
\nO one, O only mansion!
\nO Paradise of joy!
\nWhere tears are ever banish’d
\nAnd smiles have no alloy;<\/p>\n
3
\nWith jasper glow thy burwarks,
\nThy streets with emeralds blaze;
\nThe sardius and the topaz
\nUnite in thee their rays;<\/p>\n
4
\nThe cross is all thy splendor,
\nThe Crucified thy praise;
\nHis laud and benediction
\nThy ransom’d saints shall raise;<\/p>\n
5
\nO sweet and blessed country,
\nThe home of God’s elect!
\nO sweet and blessed country
\nThat eager hearts expect!<\/p>\n
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1 For thee, O dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep; For very love beholding Thy holy name, they weep. 2 O one, O only mansion! O Paradise of joy! Where tears are ever banish’d And smiles have no alloy; 3 With jasper glow thy burwarks, Thy streets with emeralds blaze; The sardius and the topaz Unite in thee their rays; 4 The cross is all thy splendor, The Crucified thy praise; His laud and benediction Thy ransom’d saints shall raise; 5 O sweet and blessed country, The home of God’s elect! O sweet and blessed country That eager hearts <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,178,47,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-401-500","category-bernard-of-cluny","category-doctrines","category-eternal-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6710,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions\/6710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}