C.M. [1800]St. Anne: William Croft, 1708 Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1839; cento. O where are kings and empires now Of old, that went and came? But, Lord, thy Church is praying yet, A thousand years the same. We mark her goodly battlements, And her foundations strong; We hear within the solemn voice Of her unending song. For not like kingdoms of the world Thy holy Church, O God, Though earthquake shocks are threatening her, And tempests are abroad; Unshaken as eternal hills, Immovable she stands, A mountain that shall fill the earth, A house not made by hands. |