Verse 1

HAPPY the heart where graces reign, Where love inspires the breast; Love is the brightest of the train, And perfects all the rest.

Verse 2

Knowledge, alas, ’tis all in vain, And all in vain our fear; Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, If love be absent there.

Verse 3

’Tis love that makes our cheerful feet In swift obedience move: The devils know, and tremble too; But Satan cannot love.

Verse 4

This is the grace that lives and sings, When faith and hope shall cease; ’Tis this shall strike our joyful strings In the sweet realms of bliss.

Verse 5

Before we quite forsake our clay, Or leave this dark abode, The wings of love bear us away To see our smiling God.

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