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Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee
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E'en though it be a cross, that raiseth me
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Still all my song would be, nearer, my God, to Thee
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Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee
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Though, like the wanderer, the sun gone down
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Darkness be over me, my rest a stone
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Yet in my dreams I'd be, nearer, my God, to Thee
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Nearer to Thee, nearer to Thee
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There let the way appear, steps up to heaven
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All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given
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Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to Thee
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Nearer to Thee, nearer to Thee
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Then, with my waking thoughts, bright with Thy praise
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Out of my stony grifes, bethel I'll raise
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So by my woes to be, nearer, my God, to Thee
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Nearer to Thee, nearer to Thee
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Or, if on joyful wing, cleaving the sky
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Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upwards I fly
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Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee
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Nearer to Thee, nearer to Thee
Written by Lovell Mason and Arthur Sullivan