Classic Poem

Abide thou here with me!
Our arms in covenant twine;
Whoever seeks thy life to harm,
Shall reach thy life through mine
My heart thy heart secure shall guard,
Or, blend its current with thy blood.

Confide thy name with me,
No slanderer shall upbraid;
Each harmful utterance shall recoil
Upon the slanderer's head;
Traitor to friendship as to truth,
And perjured in a double oath.

Name every want to me!
Art poor? lo, here's my store!
Though scanty, it is offered free,
And God will give us more.
Who formed this covenant of us twain,
Will never hear us cry in vain,

Thy slumbers leave to me!
Thy last and dreamless rest;
I'll lay thee in earth's sunniest glade,
A spot by angels blest,
And when my hour shall come to die
My choice shall be with thee to lie.