4 Lord! for these days we wait;--these days
Are in thy word foretold;
Fly swifter, sun and stars! and bring
This promised age of gold.
5 Amen!--with joy divine, let earth's
Unnumbered myriads cry;
Amen!--with joy divine, let heaven's
Unnumbered choirs reply.
Thomas Gibbons, 1769.