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THROUGH THE TRAVAIL OF THE AGES

MIDST THE POMP AND TOIL OF WAR

I HAVE FOUGHT AND STROVE AND PERISHED

COUNTLESS TIMES UPON THIS STAR

IN THE FORM OF MANY PEOPLE

IN ALL PANOPLIES OF TIME

HAVE I SEEN THE LURING VISION

OF VICTORY MAID, SUBLIME

THROUGH A GLASS AND DARKLY

I HAVE SINNED AND I HAVE SUFFERED

PLAYED THE HERO AND THE KNAVE

FOUGHT FOR BELLY, SHAME OR COUNTRY

AND FOR EACH HAVE FOUND A GRAVE

MAYBE I STABBED OUR SAVIOR

IN HIS SACRED HELPLESS SIDE

YET I‘VE CALLED HIS NAME IN BLESSING

WHEN IN AFTER TIMES I DIED

I REMEMBER ALL THE SUFFERING

OF THOSE ARROWS IN MY NECK

YET, I STABBED A GRINNING SAVAGE

AS I DIED UPON MY BACK (2x)

AND I SEE NOT IN MY BLINDNESS

WHAT THE OBJECTS WERE I WROUGHT

BUT AS GOD RULES O’ER OUR BICKERINGS

IT WAS THROUGH HIS WILL I FOUGHT (2x)

SO AS THROUGH A GLASS AND DARKLY

AGE LONG STRIFE I SEE

WHERE I FOUGHT IN MANY GUISES

MANY NAMES, BUT ALWAYS ME

FOREVER IN THE FUTURE

SHALL I BATTLE AS OF YORE

DYING TO BE BORN A FIGHTER

BUT TO DIE AGAIN ONCE MORE

THROUGH A GLASS AND DARKLY