Fain would we leave our clay;

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Thus freed from ev­ery toil and care,

Fain would we leave our clay;

Some friend­ly ser­aph, come and bear

How Blest the Shining Forms Above

lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)
Composer: Hugh Wilson, 1800
Hymn 1

...Thus freed from ev­ery toil and care,

Fain would we leave our clay;

Some friend­ly ser­aph, come and bear...

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Thus freed from ev­ery toil and care,

Fain would we leave our clay;

Some friend­ly ser­aph, come and bear

How Blest the Shining Forms Above

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