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The valley of the shadow of death.
Psalm 23:4.
Though I walk the downward shade,
Deepening through the vail of death,
Yet I will not be afraid,
But, with my departing breath,
I will glory in my God,
In my Saviour I will trust,
Strengthened by his staff and rod,
While this body falls to dust.
2 Soon on wings, on wings of love,
My transported soul shall rise,
Like the home-returning dove,
Vanishing through boundless skies:
Then, where death shall be no more,
Sin nor suffering e’er molest,
All my days of mourning o’er,
In his presence I shall rest.