Nature's first green is gold,

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Her hardest hue to hold.

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Her early leaf’s a flower;

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But only so an hour. (Continue to v1 pt.2)

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Then leaf subsides to leaf.

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So Eden sank to grief,

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So dawn goes down to day.

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Nothing gold can stay

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Sing, sing a song towards the Lord

Let us raise, raise our hearts towards the Lord

To him who is our praise

He is our resting place

Let it stay, let it stay.