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I go,—my best beloved,—farewell! Borne o'er the faithless sea, When the wild waves like mountains swell, I will remember thee: Thy meekness, 'mid affliction's strife, Thy lifted glance of prayer, Thy firmness 'neath the storms of life Shall be my pattern there.

And when on Afric's bleeding breast, The scorned of every shore, The chained, the trampled, the opprest, Salvation's balm I pour, Thy zeal, that for a Saviour's name Beamed forth with cloudless ray, Like ancient Israel's pillared flame Shall cheer my pilgrim way.

If toiling 'mid that sultry glade The Spoiler's call I hear, Or 'neath the palm-tree's murmuring shade It warns my willing ear, Then may the faith that fired thine eye, 'Mid pangs untold and strong, My dying pillow hover nigh, And wake the triumph-song.