Lake Michigan Shoreline - "Joy"

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Music, Johann Sebastion Bach. "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". Written in 1723 as part of a 4 part cantata, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" Heart and Mind and Deeds and Life.

Verse one of words attributed to the poet laureate Robert Bridges:
Jesu, joy of man's desiring
Holy wisdom, love most bright;
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring
Soar to uncreated light.
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