Fall on thy knees and pray the Lord.
‘God! Grant the anguish and the blood,
The corpses and the countless biers,
The pain, the misery, the flood,
Of broken hearts and mothers’ tears
May wash away the damning stain,
And cleanse from us the brand of Cain.
‘O God Almighty, Lord of All,
Have mercy on Thy people’s stress;
Hark to Thy people’s pleading call,