Nearer my love to thee

Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer, my love, to thee!
Even tho' it be a cross
That raiseth me
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer to thee!

Tho' like a wanderer
The sun gone down
Darkness be over me
My rest a stone
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer to thee

There let the way appear
Steps unto heaven
All that thou sendest me
In mercy given
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer to thee

Then, with my waking thoughts
Bright with thy praise
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer to thee

Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky
Sun, moon, and stars forgot
Upwards I fly

Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer, my love, to thee
Nearer to thee!