We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, To wither and perish-… — Walter Chalmers Smith · Skopia

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We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, To wither and perish- but nought changeth Thee.

Walter Chalmers Smith

God, All in All · 1867

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Smith, Walter Chalmers. "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise." Hymns of Christ and the Christian Life. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1867.

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