William Billings - Retrospect - текст песни (слова)

Was not the day dark and gloomy.
 The enemy said, Let us draw a line, even from York to Canada.
 
 But praised be the Lord,
 The snare is broken, and we are escaped. (Psalm 124:7)
 
 Hark! Hear the adjuration:
 Cursed be the man that keepeth back his sword. (Jeremiah 48:10)
 Oh! Dismal! Oh! Horrible!
 
 My bowels, I am pained at my very heart.
 My heart maketh a noise within me.
 For thou hast heard, O my soul,
 The sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.  (Jeremiah 4:19)
 
 See my father, behold my brother,
 Hear him groan, see him die.
 
 O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?
 Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest and be still. (Jeremiah 47:6)
 
 Cause us to hear with joy Thy kind forgiving voice,
 That so the bones which Thou hast broke
 May with fresh strength rejoice. (Psalm 51:8)
 
 Hark! My soul, catch the sound.
 Hear and rejoice.
 
 Beat your swords into plowshares,
 And your spears into pruning hooks,
 And learn war no more. (Isaiah 2:4, Micah 4:3)
 
 How beautiful upon the mountains
 Are the feet of him who brings good tidings, that publisheth peace. (Isaiah 52:7, Romans 10:15)
 Peace be on earth, good will toward men. (Luke 2:14)
 
 Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. (Revelation 19:6)
 Hallelujah! Amen.