'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be...
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight.
~ A Shaker song by Joseph Brackett 1848
