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Come, heavenly peace of mind,
I sigh for thy return;
I seek, but cannot find
The joys for which I mourn;
Ah! where's the Saviour now,
Whose smiles I once possessed?
Till he return, I bow,
By heaviest grief oppressed;
My days of happiness are gone,
And I am left to weep alone.
I tried each earthly charm —
In pleasure's haunts 1 stray'd —
I sought its soothing balm —
I ask'd the world its aid;
But ah! no balm it had
To heal a wounded breast,
And I, forlorn and sad,
Must seek another rest;
My days of happiness are gone,
And I am left to weep alone.
Where can the mourner go.
And tell his tale of grief?
Ah! who can sooth his woe.
And give him sweet relief?
Thou, Jesus! canst impart.
By thy long wish'd return,
Ease to this wounded heart.
And bid me cease to mourn;
Then shall this, night of sorrow flee,
And I rejoice, my Lord, in thee.
Come, heavenly peace of mind,
I sigh for thy return;
I seek, but cannot find
The joys for which I mourn;
Ah! where's the Saviour now,
Whose smiles I once possessed?
Till he return, I bow,
By heaviest grief oppressed;
My days of happiness are gone,
And I am left to weep alone.
I tried each earthly charm —
In pleasure's haunts 1 stray'd —
I sought its soothing balm —
I ask'd the world its aid;
But ah! no balm it had
To heal a wounded breast,
And I, forlorn and sad,
Must seek another rest;
My days of happiness are gone,
And I am left to weep alone.
Where can the mourner go.
And tell his tale of grief?
Ah! who can sooth his woe.
And give him sweet relief?
Thou, Jesus! canst impart.
By thy long wish'd return,
Ease to this wounded heart.
And bid me cease to mourn;
Then shall this, night of sorrow flee,
And I rejoice, my Lord, in thee.
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