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“Far from mortal cares retreating, Sordid hopes and vain desires, Here, our willing footsteps meeting, Every heart to heaven aspires.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Hymn.
- Type:
- song
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 721db2591b094493d924c561e4497aeeaaea4baf42160d85ac23e11147e94fbd
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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