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��Ebenezer Elliott (17S1-1849).

WHEN wilt thou save the people ? God of mercy, when ? Not kings alone, but nations !

Not thrones and crowns, but men ! Flowers of thy heart, God, are they ; Let them not pass, like weeds, away— Their heritage a sunless day. God save the people !

��Shall crime bring crime for ever, Strength aiding still the strong ?

Is it thy will, Father,

That man shall toil for wrong ?

' No,' say thy mountains ; ' No,' thy skies ;

Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise,

And songs ascend instead of sighs. God save the people !

��When wilt thou save the people ?

God of mercy, when ? The people. Lord, the people,

Not thrones and crowns, but men ; God save the people ; thine they are, Thy children, as thine angels fair ; From vice, oppression, and despair, God save the people !

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