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FAREWELL TO AN ANCIENT CHURCH.
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Oh! if from yon celestial place,
    Bright bands regard a world like this,
Here many a sainted soul may trace
    The birth-place of its endless bliss.

With tenderest recollections fraught,
    How do these parting moments swell!
Thou ancient nurse of holy thought,
    Dear, venerated friend, farewell!