Song 39 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors

Abide with Me

Also known as: Abide with Me! Fast Falls the Eventide, EVENTIDE

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For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.

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Abide with me! fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me!
Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O thou who changest not, abide with me!
I need thy presence every passing hour;
What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me!
I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness:
Where is death's sting? where, grave thy victory?
I triumph still if thou abide with me!
Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies:
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life and death, O Lord abide with me!

Music: William Henry Monk (1823–1889), tune EVENTIDE
Words: Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847)
First published: Text 1847 (written; printed 1850); tune 1861 (Hymns Ancient and Modern)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.