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

Far hath my spirit sought a place of rest— Long on vain idols its devotion shed; Some have forsaken whom I loved the best, And some deceived, 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!