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Olney Hymn 46. Retirement

    Far from the world, O Lord, I flee,
        From strife and tumult far; 
    From scenes where Satan wages still
        His most successful war.

    The calm retreat, the silent shade,
        With prayer and praise agree; 
    And seem, by Thy sweet bounty made,
        For those who follow Thee.

    There if Thy Spirit touch the soul,
        And grace her mean abode, 
    Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,
        She communes with her God!

    There like the nightingale she pours
        Her solitary lays; 
    Nor asks a witness of her song,
        Nor thirsts for human praise.

    Author and Guardian of my life,
        Sweet source of light Divine, 
    And, -- all harmonious names in one, --
        My Saviour! Thou art mine.

    What thanks I owe Thee, and what love,
        A boundless, endless store, 
    Shall echo through the realms above,
        When time shall be no more. 

1. Olney Hymn 4. Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner
2. Olney Hymn 17. The House of Prayer
3. Olney Hymn 13. The Covenant
4. An Ode, on Reading Mr. Richardson's History of Sir Charles Grandison
5. Olney Hymn 55. The Heart Healed and Changed by Mercy

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