The place where thou­sands once did dwell

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The scant re­mains of pol­ished Greece.

The place where thou­sands once did dwell

Has now be­come the her­mit’s cell:

Oft Has My Youthful Mind Been Led

lyricist: Chester Adgate (1796–1833)
Composer: Robert Earnshaw, 1918
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...The scant re­mains of pol­ished Greece.

The place where thou­sands once did dwell,

Has now be­come the her­mit’s cell:...

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The scant re­mains of pol­ished Greece.

The place where thou­sands once did dwell,

Has now be­come the her­mit’s cell:

Oft Has My Youthful Mind Been Led

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