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EXCELSIOR. (6 4. 6 4. 6 6 6 4.) 𝅗𝅥 = 88.
Lowell Mason (1792-1872).
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Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848).
NEARER, my God, to thee,Nearer to thee!E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me,Still all my song shall be,Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down,Darkness be over me, My rest a stone;Yet in my dreams I'd beNearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
There let the way appear Steps unto heaven;All that thou send'st to me, In mercy given;Angels to beckon meNearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
Then with my waking thoughts Bright with thy praise,Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;So by my woes to beNearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
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