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See the leaves around us falling,
Dry and withered, to the ground;
Thus to thoughtless mortals calling
In a sad and solemn sound:�
�Sons of Adam, (once in Eden,
Where, like us, he blighted fall,)
Hear the lesson we are reading;
Mark the awful truth we tell:
�Youth, on length of days presuming,
Who the paths of pleasure tread,
View us, late in beauty blooming,
Numbered now among the dead.
�What though yet no losses grieve you,
Gay with health and many a grace,
Let not cloudless skies deceive you;
Summer gives to autumn place.
�Yearly in our course returning,
Messengers of shortest stay,
Thus we preach this truth concerning,
Heaven and earth shall pass away.�
On the tree of life eternal,
O let all our hopes be laid:
This alone, forever vernal,
Bears a leaf that shall not fade.
---Alternative verses---
On the tree of life eternal,
Lord, let all our hopes be stayed!
This alone, forever vernal,
Bears a leaf that shall not fade.
On the tree of life eternal,
Let our hopes of heaven be laid!
This alone, forever vernal,
Bears a leaf that shall not fade.
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 2005 | # 378 | | 1851 | # 548 | | 1899 | # 715 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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GALILEE
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8 7 8 7
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1874
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| # 375 | Ab | | # 360 | Bb | | # 762 | Bb | | # 398 | Bb |
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