| Location in The Sacred Harp | ||||||
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| Stanza | Denson | Cooper | ||||
| 1 |
My Soul forsakes her vain Delight, And bids the World farewell; Base as the Dirt beneath my Feet, And mischievous as Hell. |
Leander 71, Stanza 1, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4 |
My Soul Forsakes Her Vain Delight (Leander) 71, Stanza 1, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4 |
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| 2 |
No longer will I ask your Love, Nor seek your Friendship more; The Happiness that I approve Is not within your Pow'r. |
Leander 71, Stanza 1, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8 |
My Soul Forsakes Her Vain Delight (Leander) 71, Stanza 1, Lines, 5, 6, 7, & 8 |
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| 3 |
There's nothing round this spacious Earth That suits my large Desire; To boundless Joy, and solid Mirth, My nobler Thoughts aspire. |
Leander 71, Stanza 2, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4 |
My Soul Forsakes Her Vain Delight (Leander) 71, Stanza 3, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4 |
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| 4 |
[Where Pleasure rolls its living Flood, From Sin and Dross refin'd, Still springing from the Throne of GOD, And fit to cheer the Mind. |
My Soul Forsakes Her Vain Delight (Leander) 71, Stanza 2, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4 |
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| 5 |
Th' Almighty Ruler of the Sphere, The Glorious and the Great, Brings his own All-sufficience there, To make our Bliss complete.] |
My Soul Forsakes Her Vain Delight (Leander) 71, Stanza 2, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8 |
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| 6 |
Had I the Pinions of a Dove, I'd climb the heav'nly Road; There sits my Saviour dress'd in Love, And there my smiling GOD. |
Leander 71, Stanza 2, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8 |
My Soul Forsakes Her Vain Delight (Leander) 71, Stanza 3, Lines, 5, 6, 7, & 8 |
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