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I have trod the upward and the downward slope Lyrics by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Songs of Travel

1904

I have trod the upward and the downward slope;
I have endured and done in days before;
I have longed for all, and bid farewell to hope;
And I have lived and loved, and closed the door

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"I have trod the upward and the downward slope" appears on "Songs of Travel" in 1904.

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