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THE
BOWER
OF
PRAYER.
11s.
"
Thine
own
friend,
and
thy
father's
friend,
forsake
not."-PROV.
27:10.
Re-arr.
by
E.
J.
KING.
Key
of
A.
REV.
JOHN
OSBORN,
1815.
1.
To
leave
my
dear
friends,
and
with
neigh-bors
to
part,
And
go
from
my
home
it
af-flicts
not
my
heart,
Like
thoughts
of
ab -
2.
Dear
bow'r,
where
the
pine
and
the
pop
-
lar
have
spread,
And
wove
with
the
branch
-
es
a
roof
o'er
my
head;
How
oft
have
I
3.
The
ear
-
ly
shrill
notes
of
the
night
-
in
-
gale
That
dwelt
in
my
bow
-
er
I
ob-served
as
my
bell,
To
call
me
to
sent
-
ing
my
-
self
for
a
day,
From
that
bless
-
ed
re-treat
where
I've
cho
-
sen
to
pray,
Where
I've
cho
-
sen
to
pray.
pray.
knelt
on
the
ev
-
er
-
green
there,
And
pour
-
ed
out
my
soul
to
my
Sav
-
iour
in
pray'r,
To
my
Sav
-
iour
in
pray'r.
pray'r.
du -
ty
while
birds
of
the
air
Sang
an
-
thems
of
prais-es
as
I
went
to
my
pray'r,
As
I
went
to
my
pray'r.
pray'r.
John
Osborn
was
born
in
New
Hampshire,
and
belonged
to
the
Christian
denomination.
It
is
said
that
this
tune
was
originally
arranged
from
a
flute
interlude
in
one
of
Haydn's
themes.
The
warbling
notes
of
the
air
are
full
of
heartfeeling,
and,
usually,
the
best
available
treble
voices
sing
it
as
a
solo.
In
compiling
"
Sacred
Harp,"
E.
J.
King
made
slight
changes
in
the
words
and
notes,
but
not
enough
to
give
him
credit
for
the
above
tune.