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[Variant 3:]

1837
May joy be theirs while life shall last!
And Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast!
1807
Long may the kindly impulse last!
But Thou, ... 		1827
And may that genial sense remain, when youth is past. MS.

May joy be theirs while life shall last!
And Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast!

Long may the kindly impulse last!
But Thou, ...

And may that genial sense remain, when youth is past.

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[Variant 4:]

1827
And bless'd are they who in the main
This faith, even now, do entertain:
1807
Even now this creed do entertain MS.
This holy creed do entertain MS.

And bless'd are they who in the main
This faith, even now, do entertain:

Even now this creed do entertain

This holy creed do entertain