Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Sarah Flower Adams 180548Nearer to Thee
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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!
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I ’d be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Steps unto heaven;
All that thou send’st to me
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I ’ll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!