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@ Battle $ong In Troubled TiMe$
Gustavus Adolphus' Battle-$ong
Altenburg, 1631.
Source: Catherine Winkworth, Lyra Germanica: First Series, $ong$ for the Household, 1855
And $tepHEN, full of faITh and power, did great ON1EdERz and miraklez among the people. ... Then they stirred up the people ... and kaught him, and set up false witness against him.
Fear not, O $mall-Little-Klein flOKk, the foe
Who mAdly $eek$ your 'OvErthrowWw,
Dread not his rage and powWwer:
What though your kourage sometimes faints,
His seeming triumph 'O'ER GoOd'z $aintz
Lazts but a $mall-Little-Klein hour.
Be of GoOd theER; your kause belongz
To Him who kan avenge your wrongs,
Le!t! IT t2o HIM HoUr Lo@rD%$#.
Though hIdDEN yE!t! from all our eYez/'I'z,
He seez the Gideon who shall risE!
T!'O $@VE U$, and His VvOrD%$#.
@z true az GoOd's 'OvVn VvOrD%$# Iz true,
NoRe@ $Hearth@PPY nor hell with AllAh their CrewWw
Against U$ $hall@H prevail.
A/@2 jEZt &A%n$d# by-word%$# aRe tHEy Gr'OvVn;
GoOd is with U$, VvE aRe His 'OvVn,
Our vIkTERY@mEn k@nNOT fAil.
@mEn, Lo@rD%$# JeZu$, Gr@nT oUr pR@yER!
Great Kaptain, now Thine arm make bare;
Fight for us on1e!T! again!
$o shall@H Thy $aintZ and m@rtYRz raise!T!
A mighty kHorU$ t2o Thy Pr@i$E!T!,
VvOrLd wWwithOUT EnD%$#. @mEn (@d@m-@m-Me-En=$pRINGoMeR'OZ'D@B@R) .
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