I can but speed you on your way,

Dear friends, with my unworthy prayer.

"Go, angel-guided, duty-sent!

Our thoughts go with you o'er the foam;

Where'er you pitch your pilgrim tent

Our hearts shall be and make it home.

"And we will watch (if so He wills

Who ordereth all things well) your ways

Where Zion lifts her olive hills

And Jordan ripples with His praise.