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PARAPHRASE OF PSALM 46. HEXAMETERS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

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First Line: GOD IS OUR STRENGTH AND OUR REFUGE: THEREFORE WILL WE NOT TREMBLE
Last Line: HALLELUJA! TH' ETERNAL IS WITH US, THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS!

God is our Strength and our Refuge: therefore will we not tremble,

Tho' the Earth be removed; and tho the perpetual Mountains,
Sink in the Swell of the Ocean! God is our Strength & our Refuge.
There is a River, the Flowing whereof shall gladden the City,
Hallelujah! the City of God! Jehova shall help her.

The Idolaters raged, the Kingdoms were moving in fury --
But He utter'd his Voice: Earth melted away from beneath them.
Halleluja! th' Eternal is with us, Almighty Jehova!

Fearful the works of the Lord, yea, fearful his Desolations --
But @3He@1 maketh the Battle to cease, he burneth the Spear & the Chariot.
Halleluja! th' Eternal is with us, the God of our Fathers!



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