Verse 1
Fain would I my affection show,
Keep the sepulchre in view,
Nor ever hence remove:
Thro’ life my whole employment be
To muse on Jesus’ love for me,
On Jesus’ dying love.

Verse 2
The friendship of my heavenly Friend
Death itself can never end:
The love on me bestow’d
Establish’d by his death I feel,
Confirm’d by his own Spirit’s seal,
And cemented with blood.

Verse 3
Station’d by my Redeemer’s grave,
Waiting for his power to save,
Adhering to his word,
I prove my firm fidelity,
Conceal’d with Him I cannot see,
And buried with my Lord.

Verse 4
To all who watch his sepulchre,
Jesus shall again appear,
His faithful followers own;
The Head shall bid the members rise,
And draw us after to the skies,
And seat us on his throne.