Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 ‎#102

102. Lasting Happiness

I. In vain my roving thoughts would find
A portion worthy of the mind;
On earth my soul can never rest,
For earth can never make me blest.

II. Can lasting happiness be found
Where seasons roll their hasty round,
And days and hours, with rapid flight,
Sweep cares and pleasures out of sight?

III. Arise my thoughts, my heart arise,
Leave this low world, and seek the skies;
There joys forever, ever last,
When seasons, days and hours are past.

IV. Come Lord, thy pow'rful grace impart,
Thy grace can raise my wand'ring heart
To pleasures perfect and sublime,
Unmeasur'd by the wings of time.

V. Let those bright worlds of endless joy,
My thoughts, my hopes, my cares employ,
No more, ye restless passions, roam,
God is my bliss, and heav'n my home.

Text Information

• First Line: In vain my roving thoughts would find
• Title: Lasting Happiness
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1760

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