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[Our punishment accepting here]
Our punishment accepting here
With penitent remorse;
With bitter grief, and torturing fear,
We end our shameful course.
With penitent remorse;
With bitter grief, and torturing fear,
We end our shameful course.
Set forth a spectacle to all,
The refuse of mankind;
We on our guilty brethren call,
And leave a word behind.
The refuse of mankind;
We on our guilty brethren call,
And leave a word behind.
Warning, ye sons of rapine, take,
By our unhappy doom:
Now, now your evil ways forsake,
And 'scape the wrath to come.
By our unhappy doom:
Now, now your evil ways forsake,
And 'scape the wrath to come.
Before the righteous wrath of men
Your careless souls surprise;
And give you up to lasting pain,
And death that never dies.
Your careless souls surprise;
And give you up to lasting pain,
And death that never dies.
Merciful God, to them extend,
To us, Thy saving grace,
And show Thyself the sinner's Friend
To all our dying race.
To us, Thy saving grace,
And show Thyself the sinner's Friend
To all our dying race.
And lo! before Thy face to' appear,
We now from earth remove,
Concluding with an act sincere
Of sorrow, faith, and love.
We now from earth remove,
Concluding with an act sincere
Of sorrow, faith, and love.
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