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Long have I walk'd this dreary road,
Beset with darkness round;
Nor seen, nor heard a smiling God,
Nor one bright moment found.
Others, who once did join my speech,
And mourn'd in painful lay,
Now, mounting up with rapture, stretch
To seize a heav'nly day.
Far left behind to feel my wo,
With harden'd heart to groan.
Each pray'r, each struggle sinks me low,
Each breath repeats my moan.
The lengthened day, the gloomy night.
Draw fast the bands of grief:
Sometimes despair o'erclouds my sight.
And says, "There's no relief."
Then conscience thunders, Sinai flames—-
I try again to rise;
The trial fails, and conscience blames
My pray'rs, my tears, my cries.
'Tis thus perplex'd, forlorn, and lost,
I spend my weary days;
No Jesus comes, my hopes are orost,
While others sing, and praise.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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MUSIC
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WILTSHIRE
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1795
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 1469 | Ab | | # 246 | Bb | | # 406 | Bb | | # 589 | Bb | | # 1566 | Bb | | # 72 | Bb | | # 73 | Bb | | # 562 | Bb | | # 57 | Bb | | # 427 | Bb | | # 454 | Bb | | # 290 | Bb | | # 633 | D |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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meter
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) |
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