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AGNES
Thou art blest, but how shall we
Bear the pang of losing thee?
List! we love thee! By that word
Once thy heart of hearts was stirred.
Agnes! Agnes!
By that love we bid thee wait
Just one moment at the gate!
Bear the pang of losing thee?
List! we love thee! By that word
Once thy heart of hearts was stirred.
Agnes! Agnes!
By that love we bid thee wait
Just one moment at the gate!
Agnes! Agnes! No! Pass on
To the heaven that thou hast won!
By thy life of brave endeavor,
Up the heights aspiring ever,
Whence thy voice, like clarion clear,
Rang out words of lofty cheer;
By thy laboring not in vain,
By thy martyrdom of pain,
Our Saint Agnes—
From our yearning sight pass on
To the rest that thou hast won!
To the heaven that thou hast won!
By thy life of brave endeavor,
Up the heights aspiring ever,
Whence thy voice, like clarion clear,
Rang out words of lofty cheer;
By thy laboring not in vain,
By thy martyrdom of pain,
Our Saint Agnes—
From our yearning sight pass on
To the rest that thou hast won!
