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180 Vermont

Tune: William Billings, 1778

Words: Isaac Watts, 1709

Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)

In vain we lavish out our lives,
To gather empty wind;
The choicest blessings earth can yield
Will starve a hungry mind.
Come, and the Lord shall feed our souls
With more substantial meat,
With such as saints in glory love,
With such as angels eat.

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