Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord,

Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord,
Then, I am ready to go!
Just a look at the Horses --
Rapid! That will do!

Put me in on the highest --[^a1]tightest[^a2]firmest side --
So I shall never fall --
For we must ride to the Judgment --
And it's partly, down Hill --

[^a1: highest -- | highest --]

[^a2: tightest | tightest]

But never I mind the Bridges[^a3]steepest --
And never I mind the Sea --
Held fast in Everlasting Race --
By my own Choice, and Thee

[^a3: Bridges | Bridges]

Goodbye to the Life I used to live --
And the World I used to know --
And kiss the Hills, for me, just once --
Now[^a4]Then -- I am ready to go!

[^a4: Now | Now]

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