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Text:Desire
Author:D. E. Ford
Tune:[How vain is all beneath the skies]
Composer:Anon.

6. Desire

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.



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