Thou to wax fierce + 

In the cause of the Lord, + 

To threat and to pierce + 

With the heavenly sword! + 

Anger and Zeal, + 

And the Joy of the brave, + 

Who bade thee to feel, + 

Sin’s slave. + 

The Altar’s pure flame + 

Consumes as it soars: + 

Faith meetly may blame, + 

For it serves and adores. + 

Thou warnest and smitest! + 

Yet Christ must atone + 

For a soul that thou slightest⁠— + 

Thine own. + 