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Hail, bounteous friends! who kindly guide
    Our steps in paths of peace,
Ye ne'er shall be by us forgot,
    Till life and memory cease;
But daily, when we kneel in prayer,
    We 'll ask of Him above,
To shed his blessing on your souls
    For all your deeds of love.





The Pet-Lamb.


My Lamb, where hast thou been
    Roaming abroad all day?
Cropping thy food in pastures green,
    Where the bright waters play?
But of the sunny vale
    Thou 'rt weary now, I see,
So, thou may'st come and tell thy tale,
    And rest thy head on me.