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The Growth Of Song.

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A tender song in shadows grew,         And humble hearts were homes it knew.         But through its wondrous music stole         The longings of the human soul;         The hopes of hosts unsatisfied         Within its numbers wandered wide;         And strangely wet with toilsome tears         It held the yearnings of the years;         Till millions with their woes oppressed,         Proclaimed the song of peace and rest;         Till nations in their troubled ways         Found comfort in the joyous lays,         And all the halting race of wrong         Exalts the loving might of song!         Ah, song that soothes our many cries         With fondness of thy lullabies,         We love, we bless, we scepter thee         Proud empress of the hearts that be!

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