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shall I find, on all the fleeting earth, This world of changes and farewells, a friend, That will not fail me in his love and worth, Tender and true, and stedfast to the end?

Far hath my spirit sought a place of rest, Long on vain idols its devotion shed; Some have forsaken whom I lov'd the best, And some deceiv'd, and some are with the dead.

But Thou, my Saviour, Thou my hope and trust, Faithful art Thou, when friends and joys depart; Teach me to lift these yearnings from the dust, And fix on Thee, th' unchanging one, my heart!