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 O holy, placid harp-notes Of that eternal hymn! O sacred sweet reflection, And peace of Seraphim!

O thirst, forever ardent, Yet evermore content! O true, peculiar vision Of God cunctipotent! Ye know the many mansions For many a glorious name, And divers retributions That divers merits claim: For the midst constellations That deck our earthly sky, This star than that is brighter,— And so it is on high.

ERUSALEM the glorious! The glory of the Elect! O dear and future vision That eager hearts expect: Even now by faith I see thee: Even here thy walls discern: To thee my thoughts are kindled, And strive and pant and yearn! Jerusalem the onely, That look'st from heaven below In thee is all my glory; In me is all my woe;