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TEDEUM.

From the Latin of Dr. Alsop.

Great God! thy Praises we proclaim
In Hymns of grateful Verse;
Great God! all Climes revere thy Name,
All Climes thy Pow'r confess.
Bright Choirs of Angels round thy Throne
Thro' Heav'n's high Regions sing,
And all the shining Cohorts own
Thee, their eternal King.
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The Cherubim for ever cry,
And Seraphim around,
O'er all the Palaces on high,
Thy Praise for ever sound.
Great God of Armies, God of Grace,
Thy boundless Glory reigns
Thro' all th'Immensity of Space,
And fills th'ethereal Plains.
Apostles shout thy Praises loud,
While ecchoing Prophets throng,
And Martyrs, an illustrious Croud,
Wind up the glorious Song.
Th'Assemblies of the Just combine,
And joyfully acclaim,
And with united Worship join
Harmonious in thy Name;
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Thy boundless Attributes confess,
And hail th'eternal Son,
And the coæval Spirit bless,
All equal in the Throne.
All hail! O glorious Paraclete,
Who gave the sacred Word,
Hail Christ! who, in immortal Light
Still lives immortal Lord.
Who the eternal Offspring reigns
Of Heav'n's eternal Sire,
And to redeem our mortal Pains
Did in the Womb retire.
Soon as thy Godlike Spirit fled,
Great Victor of the Grave,
The Gates of Heav'n expanding spread
Our sinking Souls to save.
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To all who thy Perfections love
Thy bounteous Favour shew;
And may they reign with Saints above,
Who worship thee below.
There in full Bliss triumphant shine,
With fadeless Glory crown'd,
While chaunting on thy Name divine
Thro' ev'ry Age shall sound.
This Day devoutly may we spend
In Piety and Love,
Great God! thy gentle Grace extend
To guide us safe above.
May Beams of everlasting Light
Descend on all the Just,
And to thy Kingdom lead us right
Who on Thee fix our Trust.
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