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THE SHEPHERD BOY'S SONG, FR. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by JOHN BUNYAN

First Line: HE THAT IS DOWN NEED FEAR NO FALL
Last Line: IS BEST FROM AGE TO AGE.
Subject(s): HUMILITY; LABOR & LABORERS; WORK; WORKERS;

He that is down need fear no fall;
He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.
I am content with what I have,
Little be it or much;
And, Lord, contentment still I crave,
Because thou savest such.
Fulness to such a burden is
That go on pilgrimage;
Here little, and hereafter bliss,
Is best from age to age.



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