'Long did I toil' (hymn) written John Quarles and Henry Francis Lyte

Long did I toil and knew no earthly rest,

Far did I rove and found no certain hole;

At last I sought them in his sheltering breast,

Who opes his arms and bids the weary come:

With him I found a home, a rest divine,

And I since then am his, and he is mine.


The good I have is from his store supplied,

The ill is only what he deems the best;

He for my friend I'm rich with nought beside,

And poor without him, though of all possessed;

Changes may come, I take or I resign,

Content while I am his, while he is mine.


Whate'er may change, in him no change is seen.

A glorious Sun that wanes not nor declines,

Above the storms and clouds he walks serene,

And on his people's inward darkness shines;

All may depart, I fret not, nor repine,

While I my Saviour's am, while he is mine.


While here, alas!  I know but half his love,

But half discern him and but half adore;

But when I meet him in the realms above

I hope to love him better, praise him more,

And feel, and tell, amid the choir divine,

How fully I am his and he is mine.

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