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LIGHT.
For the light so fair and free,I should very thankful be;
If the warm sun gave no light,
Then it would be always night.
When the light of day is done,
When we leave the setting sun,
When the stars appear on high,
Then the hour of night is nigh.
When we leave the setting sun,
When the stars appear on high,
Then the hour of night is nigh.
Then we only see the gloom,
Then the rose can show no bloom,
Then the birds no longer sing,
Though it be the time of spring.
Then the rose can show no bloom,
Then the birds no longer sing,
Though it be the time of spring.
Then we cannot run and play,
Nor yet work as in the day;
If no light came from on high,
Every thing would fade and die.
Nor yet work as in the day;
If no light came from on high,
Every thing would fade and die.
If the fair sun gave no light,
There would be no beauty bright;
Therefore for the light so free,
I should very thankful be.
There would be no beauty bright;
Therefore for the light so free,
I should very thankful be.
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