Lyrics - Lullaby by Loreena Mckennitt

O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue
To drown the throat of war! -
When the senses
Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,
Who can stand?
When the souls of the oppressed
Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand?
When the whirlwind of fury comes from the
Throne of god, when the frowns of his countenance
Drive the nations together, who can stand?
When
Sin claps his broad wings over the battle,
And sails rejoicing in the flood of
Death;
When souls are torn to everlasting fire,
And fiends of
Hell rejoice upon the slain.
O who can stand?
O who hath caused this?
O who can answer at the throne of
God?
The
Kings and
Nobles of the
Land have done it!
Hear it not,
Heaven, thy
Ministers have done it!

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