O Paradise, O Paradise

O paradise! O paradise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
where they that loved are blest.
Refrain:
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. Refrain

O paradise! O paradise!
I want to sin no more,
I want to be as pure on earth
as on thy spotless shore. Refrain

O paradise! O paradise!
'Tis weary waiting here;
I long to be where Jesus is,
to feel, to see him near. Refrain
O paradise! O paradise!
I shall not wait for long;
e'en now the loving ear may catch
faint fragments of thy song. Refrain

Lord Jesus, King of paradise,
O keep me in thy love,
and guide me to that happy land
of perfect rest above. Refrain

Words, verses 1-5: Frederick William Faber, 1854;
verse 6: Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861

Music: Paradise (Smart), Paradise (Barnby)

Meter: 86 86 66 66.

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