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268 The e’thly pleasures we do vind Be soon a-met, an’ left behind; But God, beholdèn vrom above Our lowly road, wi’ yearnèn love, Do keep bezide us, stage by stage, Vrom be’th to youth, vrom youth to age.

starbright maïdens be to zit &emsp;In silken frocks, that they do wear, The room mid have, as ’tis but fit, &emsp;A han’some seat vor vo’k so feäir; But we, in zun-dried vield an’ wood, &emsp;Ha’ seats as good’s a goolden chair.