The phrase "country" resonates through 19 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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Where is the unknown country?
I whispered sad and slow,...
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Where is the unknown country?
I whispered sad and slow,
...But shepherds abode with their flocks by night,
And in the same country their faithful watch kept.
No welcome for strangers, for baby no room,...
But shepherds abode with their flocks by night,
And in the same country their faithful watch kept.
No welcome for strangers, for baby no room,
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Our country, unrivaled in beauty
And splendor that cannot be told,...
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Our country, unrivaled in beauty
And splendor that cannot be told,
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God help our country to be strong,
’Gainst all the battle-hosts of wrong;...
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God help our country to be strong,
’Gainst all the battle-hosts of wrong;
...However precious they be;
Yet there’s a country to which I am going:
Heaven holds all to me....
However precious they be;
Yet there’s a country to which I am going:
Heaven holds all to me.
...However precious they be;
Yet there’s a country to which I am going:
Heaven holds all to me....
However precious they be;
Yet there’s a country to which I am going:
Heaven holds all to me.
...Strew all their graves with flowers,
They for their country died;
And freely gave their lives for ours,...
Strew all their graves with flowers,
They for their country died;
And freely gave their lives for ours,
...But only fadeless morn:
I’m sighing for that country,
My heart is aching here;...
But only fadeless morn:
I’m sighing for that country,
My heart is aching here;
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I vow to thee, my country—all earthly things above—
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;...
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I vow to thee, my country—all earthly things above—
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
...And it shone with such splendor and holy delight,
That wise men from the East, a country afar,
Beheld with great joy that dear beautiful star....
And it shone with such splendor and holy delight,
That wise men from the East, a country afar,
Beheld with great joy that dear beautiful star.
...Eternal in the height,
May all our country’s cities
Grow holy in Thy sight;...
Eternal in the height,
May all our country’s cities
Grow holy in Thy sight;
...And it shone with such splendor and holy delight,
That wise men from the East, a country afar,
Beheld with great joy that dear beautiful star....
And it shone with such splendor and holy delight,
That wise men from the East, a country afar,
Beheld with great joy that dear beautiful star.
...That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes,
And the fall of dew....
That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes,
And the fall of dew.
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For thee, O dear, dear country,
Mine eyes their vigils keep;...
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For thee, O dear, dear country,
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
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I’ve read of a country, a land O so fair,
Whose beauties have never been told;...
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I’ve read of a country, a land O so fair,
Whose beauties have never been told;
...I read of a home
In a country so fair,
Away from earth’s sorrows,...
I read of a home
In a country so fair,
Away from earth’s sorrows,
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My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,...
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My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
...The shepherds might not stay,
The wise men to their country
Returned another way....
The shepherds might not stay,
The wise men to their country
Returned another way.
...The shepherds might not stay,
The wise men to their country
Returned another way....
The shepherds might not stay,
The wise men to their country
Returned another way.
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