Things here were strange unto him; sweat and till;

All was a thorn or weed.

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This made him long for home, as loth to stay

With murmurers and foes;

He sigh’d for Eden, and would often say

‘Ah! what bright days were those!’

Nor was heav’n cold unto him: for each day

The valley or the mountain

Afforded visits, and still Paradise lay