Soar with me to my heavenly home,
Or meet me in the skies!
As yet I am a feeble child,
A poor, frail thing of earth;
Great Maker! keep me undefiled
And sinless e’en in mirth!
They tell me that thy guardian care
Extends o’er land and sea,
That e’en a sparrow may not fall
Unseen, unknown to thee!