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450 Elder

Words: William Bengo Collyer, 1812

Music: M. Mark Wynn, 1870

Meter: 7s D.

Gently glides the stream of life,
Oft along the flow’ry vale;
Or impetuous down the cliff,
Rushing roars when storms assail.
Life’s an ever varied flood,
Always rolling to its sea;
Slow, or quick, or mild, or rude,
Tending to eternity.