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271.

[Too well that Amalek I know]

Amalek was the first of the nations, &c. —xxiv. 20.

Too well that Amalek I know
Who still maintains the war within,
Thy people's first and sorest foe:
But Thou, O Christ, shalt end my sin,
Destroy my nature's enmity,
And reign, for ever reign in me.