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[Heaven may change, and earth may flee]
Heaven may change, and earth may flee,
But I shall an Indian be,
If, to be a convert pure,
Mean, my country to abjure;
Or those feelings of the heart,
Friends and home and peace impart;
Or those hopes of justice bright,
That no time can change or blight;
Or that faith, that actions here,
Shall in heaven above appear.
But I shall an Indian be,
If, to be a convert pure,
Mean, my country to abjure;
Or those feelings of the heart,
Friends and home and peace impart;
Or those hopes of justice bright,
That no time can change or blight;
Or that faith, that actions here,
Shall in heaven above appear.
But if change may only mean,
Manners rude, or rites unclean;
Faith defective ... maxims blind,
Such as blear the native mind;—
If it mean not, to forego
Present good for present woe,
Banish every view estranged,
Change me, for my heart is changed,
And begin the sacred vow,
For I am a convert now.
Manners rude, or rites unclean;
Faith defective ... maxims blind,
Such as blear the native mind;—
If it mean not, to forego
Present good for present woe,
Banish every view estranged,
Change me, for my heart is changed,
And begin the sacred vow,
For I am a convert now.
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