Jesus! a sweet memory
Giving true joys to the heart,
But sweet above honey and all things
His presence [is].
The five stanzas (of Caswall's free translation) now in use are familiar and dear to all English-speaking believers:
Jesus, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast,
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.
Nor voice can sing nor heart can frame