And Hope—that rests when joys depart.
What gratitude such gifts should claim,—
For these, O Lord, I bless thy name!
Surrounded from my earliest days
By those who loved—who love me still,
My grateful heart I humbly raise
To Him, by whose Almighty will
To me earth’s sweetest blessings came;
I praise and magnify His name!
But more than all I thank Thee, Lord,