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COME, SIGN THE VOW.
Come, sign the Temperance pledge,
Thou on life's tottering edge,
Come, sign the vow!
What though thy hair be gray,
Languid thy pulses play,
Give us thy parting day,
Quick, sign the vow.
Thou on life's tottering edge,
Come, sign the vow!
What though thy hair be gray,
Languid thy pulses play,
Give us thy parting day,
Quick, sign the vow.
Manhood, with sinewy form,
Breasting the hard world's storm,
Come, sign the vow!
Here dry a wife's wild tears,
Here hush thy children's fears,
Here bless thy coming years,
Now sign the vow.
Breasting the hard world's storm,
Come, sign the vow!
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Here hush thy children's fears,
Here bless thy coming years,
Now sign the vow.
Childhood, with earnest glance,
Hither thy steps advance,
Come, sign the vow!
Haste, thy young promise bring,
Pure, simple offering,
Fresh from th' Eternal Spring,
Now sign the vow.
Hither thy steps advance,
Come, sign the vow!
Haste, thy young promise bring,
Pure, simple offering,
Fresh from th' Eternal Spring,
Now sign the vow.
Sinner, of many cares,
Wilder'd with doubts and snares,
Come, sign the vow!
Give us thy trembling hand,
Soon shall foul habit's band
Yield like an osier wand,
Come, sign the vow.
Wilder'd with doubts and snares,
Come, sign the vow!
Give us thy trembling hand,
Soon shall foul habit's band
Yield like an osier wand,
Come, sign the vow.
Maiden, untouched by care,
Lovely, and fresh and fair,
Come, sign the vow!
Turn here thy sparkling eye,
Lend us thy cheek's soft dye,
Bring all thy witchery,
Now sign the vow.
Lovely, and fresh and fair,
Come, sign the vow!
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Lend us thy cheek's soft dye,
Bring all thy witchery,
Now sign the vow.
Youth, with thy upward look,
Which not a stain can brook,
Come, sign the vow!
On, for thy country's weal,
On, at dear home's appeal,
On, for thy soul a seal,
Come, sign the vow!
Which not a stain can brook,
Come, sign the vow!
On, for thy country's weal,
On, at dear home's appeal,
On, for thy soul a seal,
Come, sign the vow!
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