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SONGS OF THE SOUL

THE EVER NEW

Newer joys adorn the day,Brighter burn through livelong nightThe stars with purer light,Brighter thoughts do brace my voice,Newer words await my choice,With heart of th’ new I ’ll sing my lay.Wings of thoughts would ceaseless beatThe sky of time, and race to meetThy distant throneThat somewhere is alone.
Each and every dayMen choir some songNot with thoughts the same but a changing throngOf newer ones that make Thy greater lay.
The bubbling joyOf each little boy,Each brew of friendship stillI steal, and with them fill

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