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HYMN.
When the world no solace gives,
When in deep distress I groan;
When my lover and my friend
Leave me with my grief alone;
When a weary land I tread,
Fainting for the rocks and springs,
Overshadow me, O Lord,
With the comfort of thy wings!
When in deep distress I groan;
When my lover and my friend
Leave me with my grief alone;
When a weary land I tread,
Fainting for the rocks and springs,
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With the comfort of thy wings!
When my heart and flesh shall fail,
When I yield my mortal breath,
When I gather up my feet,
Icy with the chill of death;
Strengthen and sustain me, Lord,
With thine all-sufficient grace:
Overlean my dying bed
With the sweetness of thy face!
When I yield my mortal breath,
When I gather up my feet,
Icy with the chill of death;
Strengthen and sustain me, Lord,
With thine all-sufficient grace:
Overlean my dying bed
With the sweetness of thy face!
When the pang, the strife is past,
When my spirit mounts on high,
Catch me up in thine embrace,
In thy bosom let me lie!
Freed from sin and freed from death,
Hid with thee, in heaven above,
Oversplendor me, O God,
With the glory of thy love.
When my spirit mounts on high,
Catch me up in thine embrace,
In thy bosom let me lie!
Freed from sin and freed from death,
Hid with thee, in heaven above,
Oversplendor me, O God,
With the glory of thy love.
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