Awake; be vigilant; be brave!
The coward, and the sluggard too,
Must wear the fetters of the slave.
4 A nobler lot is cast for thee;
A kingdom waits thee in the skies:
With such a hope, shall Israel flee,
Or yield, through weariness, the prize?
5 No! let a careless world repose
And slumber on through life’s short day,
While Israel to the conflict goes,