Church has The long waited

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