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Choir of Girton College
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Joy and Triumph Everlasting
Joy and triumph everlasting Hath the heavenly Church on high; For that pure immortal gladness All our feast-days mourn and sigh: Yet in death's dark desert wild Doth the mother aid her child, Guards celestial thence attend us, Stand in combat to defend us.
Here the world's perpetual warfare Holds from heaven the soul apart; Legioned foes in shadowy terror Vex the Sabbath of the heart. O how happy that estate Where delight doth not abate; For that home the spirit yearneth, Where none languisheth nor mourneth.
There the body hath no torment, There the mind is free from care, There is every voice rejoicing, Every heart is loving there. Angels in that city dwell; 更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網 Them their King delighteth well: Still they joy and weary never, More and more desiring ever.
There the seers and fathers holy, There the prophets glorified, All their doubts and darkness ended, In the Light of light abide. There the Saints, whose memories old We in faithful hymns uphold, Have forgot their bitter story In the joy of Jesu's glory.
There from lowliness exalted Dwelleth Mary, Queen of grace, Ever with her presence pleading 'Gainst the sin of Adam's race. To that glory of the blest, By their prayers and faith confest, Us, us too, when death hath freed us, Christ of his good mercy lead us.
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