has The Church long waited

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