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"KING, and Father, gift and giver, God revealed in form of river, Issuing perfect, and sublime, From the fountain-head of time;

"Whom eternal mystery shroudeth, Unapproached, untracked, unknown; Whom the Lord of heaven encloudeth With the curtains of His throne;

"From the throne of heaven descending, Glory, power, and goodness blending, Grant us, ere the daylight dies, Token of thy rapid rise,"