O pa­ra­dise! O pa­ra­dise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the hap­py land
Where they that loved are blest?

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Where loy­al hearts and true
Stand ev­er in the light.
All rap­ture through and through,
In God’s most ho­ly sight?

O pa­ra­dise! O pa­ra­dise!
The world is grow­ing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is ne­ver cold.

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O pa­ra­dise! O pa­ra­dise!
Wherefore doth death de­lay,
Bright death, that is the wel­come dawn
Of our eter­nal day?

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O pa­ra­dise! O pa­ra­dise!
’Tis wea­ry wait­ing here;
I long to be where Je­sus is,
To feel, to see Him near.

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O pa­ra­dise! O pa­ra­dise!
I want to sin no more,
I want to be as pure on earth
As on thy spot­less shore.

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O pa­ra­dise! O pa­ra­dise!
I great­ly long to see
The spe­cial place my dear­est Lord
In love pre­pares for me.

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O pa­ra­dise! O pa­ra­dise!
I feel ’twill not be long;
Patience! I al­most think I hear
Faint frag­ments of thy song.

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Lord Je­su, King of pa­ra­dise,
O keep me in Thy love,
And guide me to that hap­py land
Of per­fect rest above.

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