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My God, my Portion, and my Love,
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| 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, |
| | Or on this earthly ball. |
| 2. | What empty things are all the skies, |
| | And this inferior clod! |
| | There's nothing here deserves my joys, |
| | There's nothing like my God, |
| | There's nothing like my God. |
| 3. | 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, |
| | But they are not my God. |
| 4. | How vain a toy is glittering wealth, |
| | If once compared to Thee! |
| | Or what's my safety, or my health, |
| | Or all the friends to me, |
| | Or all the friends to me. |
| 5. | Were I possessor of the earth, |
| | And called the stars my own, |
| | Without Thy graces and Thyself, |
| | I were a wretch undone, |
| | I were a wretch undone. |
| 6. | Let others stretch their arms like seas, |
| | And grasp in all the shore; |
| | Grant me the visits of Thy grace, |
| | And I desire no more, |
| | And I desire no more. |