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SONG FOR THE SECOND MILLENNIUM

Here once were mountains,here once were sands
Here were the valleys and here were the lowlands
And there was a pine-tree and there was a fern
These landscapes long gone shall not return
These landscapes long gone shall not return

And here was a schoolground where a young boy ran
Where he wept like a child yet became a man
And here was the classroom where he came once to learn
Now demolished old schools shall not return
Demolished old shools shall not return

And here once were minerals and here once were mines
Here were the ancient ideas and designs
Here once were mills where the men came to earn
Now all things obsolete shall not return
All things obsolete shall not return

And there were churches built of solid stone
Where the faithful came to kneel and atone
Before an almighty God whom none would spurn
Now abandoned faith shall not return
Abandoned faith shall not return

For there was a city and there was a nation
With the laws and ideals of a civilisation
Then men came to kill without concern
Now abandoned faith shall not return
Abandoned faith shall not return

And all that survives shall also wither
When the final fire destroys this world forever
Every tower shall fall,the ice-caps will burn
And the old world then shall not return
The old world then shall not return

And some say that Jesus Christ shall descend to reign
When only our tears and our dust remain
And none can foretell and can discern
If he shall-or shall not return

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