| Stanza | Poetry Source by First Line | |||
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| 1 |
To leave my dear friends, and with neighbors part, And go from my home it affects 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 the branches a roof o'er my head; How oft have I knelt on the evergreen there, And poured 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 praise as I went to my prayer. |
TO leave my dear friends, and with neighbors to part,, Stanza 3 |