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Ajax Looks Beyond.
I have tried to be contented
In this land of vale and tears,
When I think how Christ, the Savior,
Suffered here without a fear;
But the way that I am treated
In this low slough of despond,
Makes me long to be transported
To the calm, unknown beyond.
In this land of vale and tears,
When I think how Christ, the Savior,
Suffered here without a fear;
But the way that I am treated
In this low slough of despond,
Makes me long to be transported
To the calm, unknown beyond.
I am longing for a moment
When I can this country leave;
For some unknown, peaceful city,
Where they never sigh or grieve,
Where the mansions glow with beauty,
Which to mortals is unknown;
I am waiting, I am longing
In those brighter realms to roam.
When I can this country leave;
For some unknown, peaceful city,
Where they never sigh or grieve,
Where the mansions glow with beauty,
Which to mortals is unknown;
I am waiting, I am longing
In those brighter realms to roam.
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I am longing for the breaking
Of the day when I'll be free,
And can leave behind the heartaches,
And toward my Savior flee;
When I shall to lynching horrors,
In this cold world bid adieu,
I am waiting, I am longing,
And my race is waiting too.
Of the day when I'll be free,
And can leave behind the heartaches,
And toward my Savior flee;
When I shall to lynching horrors,
In this cold world bid adieu,
I am waiting, I am longing,
And my race is waiting too.
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