| Sweet place; sweet place alone!The court of God most high,
 The heaven of heavens, the throne
 Of spotless majesty!
 Refrain O happy place!When shall I be, my God, with Thee,
 To see Thy face?
 The stranger homeward bends,And sigheth for his rest:
 Heaven is my home, my friends
 Lodge there in Abraham’s breast.
 Refrain Earth’s but a sorry tent,Pitched but a few frail days,
 A short leased tenement;
 Heaven’s still my song, my praise.
 Refrain No tears from any eyesDrop in that holy choir:
 But death itself there dies,
 And sighs themselves expire.
 Refrain There should temptations cease,My frailties there should end.
 There should I rest in peace
 In the arms of my best friend.
 Refrain Jerusalem on highMy song and city is,
 My home whene’er I die,
 The center of my bliss.
 Refrain Thy walls, sweet city! thineWith pearls are garnished,
 Thy gates with praises shine,
 Thy streets with gold are spread.
 Refrain No sun by day shines there,No moon by silent night.
 O no! these needless are;
 The Lamb’s the city’s light.
 Refrain There dwells my Lord, my King,Judged here unfit to live;
 There angels to Him sing,
 And lowly homage give.
 Refrain The patriarchs of oldThere from their travels cease:
 The prophets there behold
 Their longed for Prince of peace.
 Refrain The Lamb’s apostles thereI might with joy behold:
 The harpers I might hear
 Harping on harps of gold.
 Refrain The bleeding martyrs, theyWithin those courts are found;
 All clothed in pure array,
 Their scars with glory crowned.
 Refrain Ah me! ah me! that IIn Kedar’s tents here stay;
 No place like this on high;
 Thither, Lord! guide my way.
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