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Welcome The Stranger.
(“Gather yon rose-buds, &c.”)
Welcome, young stranger, welcome here,—
We call you friend already;
All our gay pastimes you shall share,
And share our cheerful study.—
Never can youth true pleasure find
In idle sports alone,
But here the body and the mind
Their proper worth are shown.
We call you friend already;
All our gay pastimes you shall share,
And share our cheerful study.—
Never can youth true pleasure find
In idle sports alone,
But here the body and the mind
Their proper worth are shown.
Welcome, then, kindly welcome here,
—Our hearts are in the chorus;
O, we rejoice that you will share
The pleasant days before us.—
Sweeter our morning songs will blend,
Another voice with ours,
And faithfully our Teacher 'll tend
The bud among the flowers.
—Our hearts are in the chorus;
O, we rejoice that you will share
The pleasant days before us.—
Sweeter our morning songs will blend,
Another voice with ours,
And faithfully our Teacher 'll tend
The bud among the flowers.
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Welcome, young stranger, welcome here,—
We call you friend already
All our gay pastimes you shall share,
And share our pleasant study.
Banish, we pray you, banish fear;
Here's none but friends around:
Love's brightest flowers we cherish here,
And not a thorn to wound.
We call you friend already
All our gay pastimes you shall share,
And share our pleasant study.
Banish, we pray you, banish fear;
Here's none but friends around:
Love's brightest flowers we cherish here,
And not a thorn to wound.
Welcome, then kindly, welcome here,
Our hearts are in the chorus,
O, we rejoice that you will share
The happy days before us.
Our hearts are in the chorus,
O, we rejoice that you will share
The happy days before us.
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