Classic Poem

1. Sweet rivers of redeeming love Lie just before my eyes,
Had I the pinions of a dove, I'd to those regions rise;
2. While I'm imprisoned here below, In anguish, pain and smart,
Sometimes those troubles I forego, When love sustains my heart;
I'd rise superior to my pain, With joy outstrip the wind,
In darkest shadows of the night, Faith mounts the upper sky,
I'd cross proud Jordan's swelling flood, And leave the world behind. hind.
I then behold my heart's delight, And would rejoice to die. die.

3. A few more days or years at most
My troubles will be o'er;
I hope to join the heavenly host,
On Canaan's happy shore.
My raptured soul shall drink and feast,
In love's unbounded sea;
The glorious hope of endless rest
Is ravishing to me.

4. O come, my Saviour, come away,
And bear me to the sky,
Nor let thy chariot long delay,
Make haste and bring it nigh.
I long to see thy glorious face,
And in thine image shine,
To triumph in victorious grace,
And be forever thine.

5. Then will I tune my harp of gold
To my eternal king;
Through ages which can ne'er be told,
I'll make thy praises ring.
All hail eternal Son of God!
Who died on Calvary,
Who bought me with his precious blood,
From endless misery.