O come, thou Dayspring from on high,
        and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;
    dispense the gloomy clouds of night,
        and death's dark shadow put to flight.

We watch
not only through dark nights
but also dark days.
Who filled the world
with such unkindness?

Come, Burning Dawn:
    see death run;
    see cruelty writhe;
    see injustice shrivel.

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