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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.

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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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