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The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; But, fixed, His word, His saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns.
The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; But, fixed, His word, His saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns.
Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
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- Alexander Pope
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- Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1688–1744)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 387 · printed citation: Pope · subject: MESSIAH
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