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| Stanza | Denson | Cooper | ||||
| 1 |
HAIL the day so long expected! Hail the year of full release! Zion's walls are now erected, And her watchmen publish peace: From the distant coasts of Shinar, The shrill trumpet loudly roars, Babylon is fallen! is fallen! is fallen! Babylon is fallen, to rise no more! |
Babylon Is Fallen 117, Stanza 1 |
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| 2 |
Hark, and hear her people crying, "See the city disappear! Trade and traffic all are dying! Lo, we sink and perish here!" Sailors who have bought her traffic, Crying from her distant shore, "Babylon is fallen! is fallen! is fallen! Babylon is fallen, to rise no more!" |
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| 3 |
All her merchants cry with wonder, "What is this that's come to pass?" Murm'ring like the distant thunder Crying out, Alas! Alas! Swell the sound, ye kings and nobles! Priests and people, rich and poor! Babylon is fallen! is fallen! is fallen! Babylon is fallen, to rise no more! |
Babylon Is Fallen 117, Stanza 2 |
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| 4 |
Lo, the captives are returning! Up to Zion see them fly! While the smoke of Babel's burning Rolls across the darken'd sky! Days of mourning now are ended, Years of bondage now are o'er, Babylon is fallen! is fallen! is fallen! Babylon is fallen, to rise no more! |
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| 5 |
Zion's children raise your voices, And the joyful news proclaim! How the heavenly host rejoices! Shout and echo back the same! See the ancients of the city, Terrify'd at the uproar! Babylon is fallen! is fallen! is fallen! Babylon is fallen, to rise no more! |
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| 6 |
Tune your harps, ye heavenly choir! Shout, ye foll'wers of the Lamb! See the city all on fire! Clap your hands and blow the flame! Now's the day of compensation On the scarlet colour'd whore; Babylon is fallen! is fallen! is fallen! Babylon is fallen, to rise no more! |
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| 7 |
Blow the trumpet in Mount Zion! Christ will come the second time; Ruling, with a rod of iron, All who now as foes combine: Babel's garments we've rejected, And our fellowship is o'er; Babylon is fallen, is fallen, is fallen! Babylon is fallen, to rise no more! |
Babylon Is Fallen 117, Stanza 3 |
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