| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Nearer to Thee |
| | | Sarah Flower Adams (1805–48) |
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| NEARER, my God, to thee, | |
| Nearer to thee! | |
| E’en though it be a cross | |
| That raiseth me; | |
| Still all my song shall be, | 5 |
| Nearer, my God, to thee, | |
| Nearer to thee! | |
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| Though like the wanderer, | |
| The sun gone down, | |
| Darkness be over me, | 10 |
| My rest a stone; | |
| Yet in my dreams I ’d be | |
| Nearer, my God, to thee, | |
| Nearer to thee! | |
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| There let the way appear | 15 |
| Steps unto heaven; | |
| All that thou send’st to me | |
| In mercy given; | |
| Angels to beckon me | |
| Nearer, my God, to thee, | 20 |
| Nearer to thee! | |
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| Then, with my waking thoughts | |
| Bright with thy praise, | |
| Out of my stony griefs | |
| Bethel I ’ll raise; | 25 |
| So by my woes to be | |
| Nearer, my God, to thee, | |
| Nearer to thee! | |
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| Or if on joyful wing | |
| Cleaving the sky, | 30 |
| Sun, moon, and stars forgot, | |
| Upward I fly, | |
| Still all my song shall be, | |
| Nearer, my God, to thee, | |
| Nearer to thee! | 35 |
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