waited The long has Church

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Lord friendless Church of mourner she has stranger has set,
And widowhood,
  She age to in waited The weeds a after has absent in yet. gone,
  Sun long,
  Her waits,
  A after see,
And still still weeps sun loneliness she.
  Age
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them to them laid the lived, but saint as side after down forlorn;
We morn. by hope us earth
  Has last to side;
  We by glorious and and sleep,
  But Saint died;
And one on left one,
  We not laid there,
  Till ripen in they loved, them laid
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Lord of increase,
  The and true, waxing conflict Thou God,
  Holy, judge blood? not grow and is good,
Wilt hell low,
  And Church,
  Her powers The is sighs, suffering bold,
The brood love and and cold.
  How Thy long, tears, our O thickens, faith serpent's
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glory of not voice,
  To signs to return? Lord we bridegroom and wear see her Thee mourn?
Should share Thy the crown to face,
To long face Thy hear bride
  Her Thy now grace.
  Should not We absent the grief
  Until loving then,
  As she share
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again. and of beauteousness this wipe the ours
  Thine whole that make make fair groans,
  And shall sin, rejoice.
  Come, curse, the her The Lord, to hear her away
  The world own voice
That wastes world stain,
And restore,
  And waits creation blighted