Lasting Happiness

In vain my roving thoughts would find
A portion worthy of the mind;
On earth my soul can never rest,
For earth can never make me blest.

Can lasting happiness be found
Where seasons roll their hasty round,
And days and hours with rapid flight
Sweep cares and pleasures out of sight?

Arise my thoughts, my heart arise,
Leave this low world, and seek the skies
There joys forever, ever last,
When seasons, days, and hours are past.

Come, Lord, thy powerful grace impart,
Thy grace can raise my wand'ring heart
To pleasure perfect and sublime,
Unmeasur'd by the wings of time.

Let those bright worlds of endless joy
My thoughts, my hopes, my cares employ,
No more, ye restless passions, roam,
God is my bliss, and heav'n my home.