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THOUGHT FROM AN ITALIAN POET by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS

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First Line: WHERE SHALL I FIND, IN ALL THIS FLEETING EARTH
Last Line: AND FIX ON THEE, TH' UNCHANGING ONE, MY HEART!

WHERE shall I find, in all this fleeting earth,
This world of changes and farewells, a friend
That will not fail me in his love and worth,
Tender and firm, and faithful to the end?

Far hath my spirit sought a place of rest --
Long on vain idols its devotion shed;
Some have forsaken, whom I loved the best,
And some deceived, and some are with the dead.

But @3Thou@1, my Saviour! Thou, my hope and trust,
Faithful art Thou when friends and joys depart;
Teach me to lift these yearnings from the dust,
And fix on Thee, th' Unchanging One, my heart!



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