“From Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand.
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their land from error's chain.”

—  Reginald Heber

" Missionary Hymn https://www.bartleby.com/294/37.html", st. 1 (1819).
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