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| 1 |
To leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part, And go from my home it afflicts not my heart, Like thoughts of absenting myself for a day From the bless'd retreat, where I've chosen to pray. |
TO leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part,, Stanza 1 |
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| 2 |
Dear bow'r, where the pine and the poplar have spread, And wove with their branches a roof o'er my head; How oft have I knelt on the evergreen there, And pour'd out my soul to my Savior in prayer. |
TO leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part,, Stanza 2 |
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| 3 |
The early shrill notes of the loved nightingale, That dwelt in my bow'r I observed as my bell, To call me to duty, while birds of the air Sang anthems of praises as I went to prayer. |
TO leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part,, Stanza 3 |
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| 4 |
How sweet were the zephyrs perfumed by the pine, The ivy, the balsam, and wild eglantine; But sweeter, ah! sweeter, superlative were The joys I have tasted in answer to prayer. |
TO leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part,, Stanza 4 |
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| 5 |
For Jesus, my Savior, oft deign'd there to meet And bless'd with His presence my humble retreat; Oft fill'd me with rapture and blessedness there Indicting, in heaven's own language, my prayer. |
TO leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part,, Stanza 5 |
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| 6 |
Dear bow'r, I must leave you and bid you adieu, And pay my devotion in parts that are new; For Jesus, my Savior, resides everywhere, And can in all places give answer to prayer. |
TO leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part,, Stanza 6 |