O Paradise, O Paradise Lyrics Frederick W. Faber, 1862
4 verses, meter 8, 6, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. O Paradise, O Paradise,
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest;
Where loyal hearts, and true,
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In God’s most holy sight?
Verse 2. O Paradise, O Paradise,
The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold;
Where loyal hearts, and true,
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In God’s most holy sight?
Verse 3. O Paradise, O Paradise,
I greatly long to see
The special place my dearest Lord
In love prepares for me;
Where loyal hearts, and true,
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In God’s most holy sight.
Verse 4. Lord Jesus, King of Paradise,
Oh, keep me in Thy love
And guide me to that happy land
Of perfect rest above,
Where loyal hearts, and true,
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In God’s most holy sight.
Words copied from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (Abridged Edition) (1927). They were published in 1862, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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