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Escape is such a
thankful word
I often in my sleep
Escape is such a
thankful Word
I often in the Night
Consider it unto
myself
No spectacle in sight
Escape - it is the Basket
In which the Heart
is caught
When down some
awful Battlement
The rest of Life is
dropt -
'Tis not to sight the
savior -
It is to be the saved -
And that is why I lay
my Head
Opon this trusty word -
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