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"What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."
THE MARTYRED CITY
Glory and Queen of Island Sea / Was Smyrna, the beautiful city, / And fairest pearl of the Orient she— / O Smyrna the beautiful city!
Heiress of countless storied ages, / Mother of poets, saints and sages, / Was Smyrna, the beautiful city!
One of the ancient, glorious Seven / Was Smyrna, the sacred city, / Whose candles all were alight in Heaven— / O Smyrna the sacred city!
One of the Seven hopes and desires, / One of the seven Holy Fires / Was Smyrna, the Sacred City. / And six fared out in the long ago- / O Smyrna, the Christian city! / But hers shone on with a constant glow— / O Smyrna, the Christian city!
The others died down and passed away, / But hers gleamed on until yesterday— / O Smyrna, the Christian city!