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LEANDER.
C.
M.
D.
"Then
answered
Peter
and
said
unto
him,
Behold,
we
have
forsaken
all,
and
followed
thee."-MATT.
19:
27.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1707.
Key
of
A
Minor.
AUSTIN.
1. My
soul
for-sakes
her
vain
de-light,
And
bids
the
world
fare
-
well;
Base
as
the
dirt
be-neath
the
feet,
And
mis-chie
-
vous
as
hell.
2. There's
nothing
round
this
spacious
earth
That
suits
my
soul's
de
-
sire;
To
bound-less
joy
and
sol
-
id
mirth
My
no-bler
thoughts
as
-
pire.
No
lon
-
ger
will
I
ask
your
love,
Nor
seek
your
friend-ship
more;
The
hap
-
pi-ness
that
I
ap-prove
Is
not
with-in
your
pow'r.
pow'r.
Oh,
for
the
pin
-
ions
of
a
dove
To
mount
the
heav'n-ly
road;
There
shall
I
share
my
Sav-iour's
love,
There
shall
I
dwell
with
God.
God.
The
above
is
one
of
Isaac
Watts'
hymns,
and
is
supposed
to
have
been
composed
about
1707.
The
exact
date,
however,
is
hard
to
ascertain.
"Leander"
is
a
very
old
tune,
and
dates
early
in
the
nineteenth
century,
and
can
be
found
in
most
American
song
books.
See
"Southern
Harmony,"
by
Walker,
1835,
page
128.
It
is
credited
in
that
book
to
Austin.
We
can
find
no
information
concerning
him.
See
also
"
Missouri
Harmony,"
1837,
page
129.