Vale of Sorrow 83t

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Composer: Benjamin Franklin White, 1844
Alto: Wilson Marion Cooper, 1902
Poet: Battle's Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1814
Meter: Particular Meter: 7,6,7,6,8,6,7,6

		Stanza		Poetry Source by First Line
1		While in this vale of sorrow, I travel on in pain; My heart is fixed on Jesus, I hope the prize to gain. But when I come to bid adieu To those I dearly love, My heart is often melted -- It is the grief of love.		While in this vale of sorrow,, Stanza 1