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Text:My God, my portion, and my love!

286. My God, my portion, and my love!

1 My God, my portion, and my love!
My everlasting all!
I've none but thee in heav'n above,
Or on this earthly ball.

2 In vain the bright meridian sun
Scatters his feeble light:
Thy brighter beams create my noon;
If thou withdraw, 'tis night.

3 And while upon my restless bed,
Amongst the shades I roll;
If God his light around me shed,
'Tis morning with my soul.

4 To thee I owe my wealth and friends,
And health, and safe abode.
Thanks to thy name for meaner things;
But they are not my God.

5 If I possess'd the spacious earth,
And call'd the stars my own;
Without thy mercy and thy love,
I were a wretch undone.

6 Let others stretch their arms like seas,
And grasp in all the shore;
Grant me to see thy blissful face,
And I desire no more!

Text Information
First Line: My God, my portion, and my love!
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1828
Topic: God the Portion of the Soul; Supplication for the divine mercy
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