I Have Sought Round the Verdant Earth

DESCRIPTION: "I have sought round the verdant earth, For unfading joy; I have tried ev'ry source of mirth, But all, all, will cloy: Lord, bestow on me Grace to set my spirit free; Thine the praise shall be; Mine, mine the joy." Formerly lost, the Gospel leads to joy
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1850 (The Ohio Harmonist, according to Eddy)
KEYWORDS: travel religious
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Mary O. Eddy, "Twenty Folk Hymns," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), p. 43, "Contrast P.M." (1 excerpt, 1 tune)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Unfaded Joy
I Have Tried the World
File: MWF3043B

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