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How free the fountain flows Of endless life and joy! The spring which no confinement knows, Whose waters never cloy. How sweet the accents sound From the Redeemer’s tongue! Assemble all ye nations round In one obedient throng. Ho, every thirsty soul Approach the sacred spring, Drink, and your fainting spirits cheer, Renew the draught and sing.
How free the fountain flows Of endless life and joy! The spring which no confinement knows, Whose waters never cloy. How sweet the accents sound From the Redeemer’s tongue! Assemble all ye nations round In one obedient throng. Ho, every thirsty soul Approach the sacred spring, Drink, and your fainting spirits cheer, Renew the draught and sing.
Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- Philip Doddridge
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- Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 236 · printed citation: Doddridge · subject: FOUNTAIN
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