Though, like the wanderer
The sun gone down
Darkness comes over me
My rest a stone
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee

There let my way appear
Steps unto heaven
All that Thou sendest me
In mercy given
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee

Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise
Out of my stony grief's
Bethel I'll raise
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee

Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky
Sun, moon, and stars forgot
Upward I fly
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God to Thee
Nearer to Thee