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ABIDE WITH US by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR

Poet Analysis

First Line: TIS EVENING NOW
Last Line: AND I WITH THEE!
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;

'Tis evening now!
O Saviour, wilt not Thou
Enter my home and heart,
Nor ever hence depart,
Even when the morning breaks,
And earth again awakes.
Thou wilt abide with me,
And I with Thee!



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