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Daughter! Thou dost think of me-
I from nature’s ties are free.
In the early days of youth
If thou choose the ways the of truth,
I with angels should rejoice
That thou madst so wise a choice!
But if still thou live in sin,
Choose the world alone to win,
I so must my Soul adore,
I must leave thee ever more!