SARAH FLOWER ADAMS (1805-1848)

NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE
 

1     Nearer, my God, to Thee,
2       Nearer to Thee!
3     E'en though it be a cross
4       That raiseth me:
5     Still all my song shall be
6     Nearer, my God! to Thee,
7       Nearer to Thee.

8     Though, like the wanderer,
9       The sun gone down,
10   Darkness be over me,
11     My rest a stone;
12   Yet in my dreams I'd be
13   Nearer, my God, to Thee,
14     Nearer to Thee.

15   Then let the way appear
16     Steps unto heaven;
17   All that Thou sendest me
18     In mercy given:
19   Angels to beckon me
20   Nearer, my God, to Thee,
21     Nearer to Thee.

22   Then with my waking thoughts
23     Bright with Thy praise,
24   Out of my stony griefs
25     Bethel I'll raise;
26   So by my woes to be
27   Nearer, my God, to Thee,
28     Nearer to Thee.

29   Or if on joyful wing,
30     Cleaving the sky,
31   Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
32     Upward I fly:
33   Still all my song shall be,
34   Nearer, my God, to Thee,
35     Nearer to Thee.
 
 

Indexes: [ by Poet | by First Line | by Date | by Keyword | by Topic | Criticism on
Poetry ]
     Related Materials: [ Encoding Guidelines | Questions and Answers | UT English
Library]

     Original Text: Memories of some Contemporary Poets, ed. Emily Taylor
(London: Houlston and
     Sons, n.d. [1868?]), pp. 132-33. PR 1221 T3 Robarts Library.
     First Publication Date: Hymns and Anthems, ed. William J. Fox (1841).
     Representative Poetry On-line: Editor, I. Lancashire; Publisher, Web
Development Group, Inf.
     Tech. Services, Univ. of Toronto Lib.
     Edition: RPO 1998. © I. Lancashire, Dept. of English (Univ. of Toronto), and
Univ. of Toronto
     Press 1998.

                      In-text Notes are keyed to line numbers.
NOTES

     The poet's life and works ...

Composition Date:
     Unknown.
Form:
     aabaaaa cdaeaaa fgagaaa hijhaaa klmlaaa.
 
 
 

BACK