O paradise! O paradise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light
All rapture through and through
In God's most holy sight?
O paradise! O paradise!
'Tis weary waiting here
I long to be where Jesus is
To feel, to see Him near
O paradise! O paradise!
I want to sin no more
I want to be as pure on earth
As on thy spotless shore
Lord Jesus, King of paradise
O keep me in Thy love
And guide me to that happy land
Of perfect rest above
Alternate verses:
O paradise! O paradise!
The world is growing old
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold
O paradise! O paradise!
I greatly long to see
The special place my dearest Lord
In love prepares for me
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