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O Saviour! whose mercy, never in its kindness, Hath chastened my wanderings + guided my way, Adored be the power that pitied my blindness, And weaned me from phantoms that smiled to betray.
2nd Verse. Enchanted with all that [?] dazzling and fair, I followed the rainbow-- I caught at the toy, And still in displeasure thy goodness was there, Disappointing the hope and defeating the joy.
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3rd Verse. I thought that the course of the pilgrim of heaven Would be bright as the summer and glad as the morn; Thou sho'd [?] me the path, it was dark and uneven, All rugged with [?], and all tangled with thorn.
4th Verse. I dreamed of celetial rewards and renown, I grasped at the triumph that blesses the brave; I asked for the palm branch, the robe, and the crown; I asked, and thou show'dest me a cross and a grave!
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5th Verse. Subdued and instructed, at length to thy will My hopes and my wishes, my all I resign; O give me the heart that can wait and be still, Nor know of a wish or a pleasure but thine.
6th Verse. There are [mansions?] exempted from sin and from [?], But they stand in a region by mortals untrod, There are rivers of joy but they fall not below; There is [?] but it dwells in the presence of God.