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Angel
By John Henry Newman (1801–1890)
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My task is o’er,
And so I come,
Taking it home;
For the crown is won,
Alleluia,
For evermore.
In charge to me
This child of earth
E’en from its birth,
To serve and save,
Alleluia,
And saved is he.
To me was given,
To rear and train
By sorrow and pain
In the narrow way,
Alleluia,
From earth to heaven.