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Intro: C
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Abide with me, fast falls the even tide
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The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide
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When other help ersfail, and comforts flee
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Help of the helpless, oh, a...bide with me
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I need thy presence every passing hour
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What but thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r
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Who like thy self my guide and stay canbe
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Through cloud and sunshine, oh, a...bide with me
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Swift toit's close ebbs out life's little day
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Earth's joys grow dim, it's glories pass away
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Change and decayin all around I see
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O Thou who changest not, a...bide with me
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Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word
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But as thoud well's twith thy disciples, Lord
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Familiar, condescending, patient, free
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Come not to so journ, but a...bide with me
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Come not in terror, as the King of Kings
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But kind and good, with he alingin thy wings
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Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea
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Come, Friend of sinners, thus a...bide with me
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Thou on my head in every you thdidst smile
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And though rebelliou sand perverse mean while
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Thouh ast not left me, of tas I left thee
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On to the close, O Lord, a...bide with me
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I fear no foe, with the eath and to bless
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I shave no weight, and tears no bit terness
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Where is death's Sting, where, grave, thy victory
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I triumph still, If thou a...bide with me
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Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes
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Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies
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Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee
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In life, in death, O Lord, a...bide with me
Written by William Henry Monk's