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Words: Frederick William Faber (1814-1863); last stanza by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern. First published in 1862.
Music: "Paradise," John Bacchus Dykes, 1868
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O paradise! O paradise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest.
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Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light.
All rapture through and through,
In God's most holy sight?
O paradise! O paradise!
The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold.
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O paradise! O paradise!
'Tis weary waiting here;
I long to be where Jesus is,
To feel, to see Him near.
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O paradise! O paradise!
I want to sin no more,
I want to be as pure on earth
As on thy spotless shore.
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O paradise! O paradise!
I greatly long to see
The special place my dearest Lord
In love prepares for me.
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Lord Jesu, King of paradise,
O keep me in Thy love,
And guide me to that happy land
Of perfect rest above.
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