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Text:Essex
Author:A. C. Coxe
Tune:[We are living, we are dwelling]
Composer:Thomas Clark

116. Essex

1 We are living, we are dwelling,
In a grand and awful time,
In an age on ages telling;
To be living is sublime,
To be living is sublime.

2 Hark, the onset! will ye fold your
Faith-clad arms in lazy lock?
Up! oh, up! thou drowsy soldier,
Worlds are charging to the shock,
Worlds are charging to the shock.

3 Worlds are charging, heav'n beholding;
Thou hast but an hour to fight;
Now, the blazoned cross unfolding,
On! right onward for the right,
On! right onward for the right.

4 On! let all the soul within you
For the truth's sake go abroad;
Strike! let ev’ry nerve and sinew
Tell on ages—tell for God!
Tell on ages—tell for God!

Text Information
First Line: We are living, we are dwelling
Title: Essex
Author: A. C. Coxe
Publication Date: 1893
Tune Information
Name: [We are living, we are dwelling]
Composer: Thomas Clark



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