The shield of faith, my God, bestow,
And break sin’s poisoned shaft in two.
Let every thought and feeling be
Henceforth directed, Lord, to Thee:
Let heart and mind, by Thee possest,
Now seek in Thee alone their rest.
Unknown to me while here I stay,
Earth’s vain delights, away! away!
For now the joys of heaven above
Alone have power my heart to move.