Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide
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Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide,The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide!When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me!
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Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;Change and decay in all around I see;O thou, who changest not, abide with me!
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I need thy presence every passing hour;What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be?Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me!
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I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?I triumph still, if thou abide with me.