Jerusalem the golden! with milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice opprest:
I know not, oh, I know not what social joys are there;
What radiancy of glory, what light beyond compare.
Urbs Syon aurea, patria lactea, cive decora
Omne cor obruis, omnibus obstruis et cor et ora
Nescio, nescio, quae jubilatio, lux tibi quali
Quam sociala gaudia, gloria quam specialis.
Omne cor obruis, omnibus obstruis et cor et ora
Nescio, nescio, quae jubilatio, lux tibi quali
Quam sociala gaudia, gloria quam specialis.
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ll. 45–48, Urbs Sion aurea (tr. J. M. Neale, 1851, rev. 1858)