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she dwells by great kenhawa's side - samuel coleridge-taylor lyrics

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she dwells by great kenhawa’s side
in valleys green and cool;
and all her hope and all her pride
are in the village school

her soul, like the transparent air
that robes the hills above
though not of earth, encircles there
all things with arms of love

and thus she walks among her girls
with praise and mild rebukes;
subduing e’en rude village churls
by her angelic looks

she reads to them at eventide
of one who came to save;
to cast the captive’s chains aside
and liberate the slave

and oft the blessed time foretells
when all men shall be free;
and musical, as silver bells
their falling chains shall be

and following her beloved lord
in decent poverty
she makes her life one sweet record
and deed of charity
for she was rich, and gave up all
to break the iron bands
of those who waited in her hall
and labored in her lands

long since beyond the southern sea
their outbound sails have sped
while she, in meek humility
now earns her daily bread

it is their prayers, which never cease
that clothe her with such grace;
their blessing is the light of peace
that shines upon her face

- samuel coleridge taylor lyrics

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