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| Text: | Desire |
| Author: | D. E. Ford |
| Tune: | [How vain is all beneath the skies] |
| Composer: | Anon. |
1 How vain is all beneath the skies!
How transient every earthly bliss!
How slender all the fondest ties
That bind us to a world like this!
2 The evening cloud, the morning dew,
The withering grass, the fading flower,
Of earthly hopes are emblems true—
The glory of a passing hour.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | How vain is all beneath the skies! |
| Title: | Desire |
| Author: | D. E. Ford |
| Publication Date: | 1883 |
| Scripture: | |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [How vain is all beneath the skies] |
| Composer: | Anon. |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Media | |
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| MIDI file: |  MIDI |
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