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Stern winter throws his icy chains,
Encircling nature round;
How bleak, how comfortless the plains,
Late with gay verdure crowned!
The sun withdraws his vital beams,
And light and warmth depart;
And drooping, lifeless nature seems
An emblem of my heart.
My heart, when mental winter reigns,
In night's dark mantle clad;
Confined in cold, inactive chains,
How desolate and sad!
Return, O blissful sun, and bring
The soul-reviving ray;
This mental winter shall be spring,
This darkness cheerful day.
O happy state, divine abode,
Where spring eternal reigns;
And perfect day, the smile of God,
Fills all the heavenly plains.
Great source of light, thy beams display,
My drooping joys restore:
And guide me to the seats of day,
Where winter chills no more.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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Job 38:29-30;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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MUSIC
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Name:
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BELMONT
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1812
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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| # 371 | No key | | # 272 | Ab | | # 540 | Ab | | # 154 | Ab | | # 339 | Eb | | # 183 | G | | # 489 | G | | # 663 | G | | # 766 | G | | # 274 | G | | # 285 | G | | # 312 | G | | # 431 | No key | | # 196 | G | | # 522 | G | | # 707 | G |
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