Oh! what num­bers gay and blithe

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From the fruit­ful seeds of sin:

Oh! what num­bers gay and blithe

Fell by death’s un­spar­ing scythe?

Hark! How Time’s Wide Sounding Bell

lyricist: John Newton, 1779
Composer: Raymond Mallary, 1901
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...From the fruit­ful seeds of sin:

Oh! what num­bers gay and blithe,

Fell by death’s un­spar­ing scythe?...

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From the fruit­ful seeds of sin:

Oh! what num­bers gay and blithe,

Fell by death’s un­spar­ing scythe?

Hark! How Time’s Wide Sounding Bell

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