When wilt thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations!
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
Flowers of Thy heart, O God are they!
Let them not pass, like weeds, away
Their heritage a sunless day!
God save the people !
Shall crime bring crime for ever,
Strength aiding still the strong?
Is it Thy will, O Father,
That man shall toil for wrong?
'No' say Thy mountains; 'No,' Thy skies;
'Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs ascend instead of sighs !'
God save the people!
When wilt Thou save the people,
O God of mercy, when?
The people, Lord, the people !
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
God save the people! thine they are,
Thy children as Thy angels fare ;
From vice, oppression, and despair !
God save the people !
O God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations!
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
Flowers of Thy heart, O God are they!
Let them not pass, like weeds, away
Their heritage a sunless day!
God save the people !
Shall crime bring crime for ever,
Strength aiding still the strong?
Is it Thy will, O Father,
That man shall toil for wrong?
'No' say Thy mountains; 'No,' Thy skies;
'Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs ascend instead of sighs !'
God save the people!
When wilt Thou save the people,
O God of mercy, when?
The people, Lord, the people !
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
God save the people! thine they are,
Thy children as Thy angels fare ;
From vice, oppression, and despair !
God save the people !
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