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83t Vale of Sorrow
Music:
B. F. White
, 1844
Meter:
Particular Meter: 7,6,7,6,8,6,7,6
While
in
this
vale
of
sorrow,
I
travel
on
in
pain;
My
heart
is
fixed
on
Jesus,
I
hope
the
prize
to
gain.
But
when
I
come
to
bid
adieu
To
those
I
dearly
love,
My
heart
is
often
melted
—
It
is
the
grief
of
love.