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 Beside thy living waters All plants are, great and small, The cedar of the forest, The hyssop of the wall. With jaspers glow thy bulwarks; Thy streets with emeralds blaze; The sardius and the topaz Unite in thee their rays: Thine ageless walls are bounded With amethyst unpriced; Thy saints build up its fabric, And the corner-stone is Christ.

HE Cross is all thy splendor, The Crucified thy praise: His laud and benediction Thy ransomed people raise; Jesus, the Gem of Beauty, True God and Man, they sing; The never-failing Garden, The ever-golden Ring: The Door, the Pledge, the Husband, The Guardian of His Court; The Day-star of Salvation, The Porter and the Port; Thou hast no shore, fair ocean! Thou has no time, bright day! Dear fountain of refreshment To pilgrims far away!