Verse 1
In Body remov’d from a Friend,
But nearer in Heart than before,
My infinite Wishes I send,
My Prayers to the Heavenly Shore:
Our Souls are in Jesus’s Hand,
And let us in Jesus abide,
Till both are admitted to land,
And seated aloft by his Side.

Verse 2
O GOD! what a Strength of Desire
Hath He on his Servant bestow’d
That Both may together aspire,
And mount to the Vision of GOD!
How strangely for Him do I care
Conjoin’d in a Manner unknown,
One Spirit already we are
In Time and Eternity One!

Verse 3
With exquisite Pleasure and Pain,
With mystical Sympathy mov’d,
His Burthen I gladly sustain,
(My Brother in Jesus belov’d,
The Joy, and Desire of mine Eyes)
I tremble opprest by his Fears,
I eccho his Sighs with my Sighs,
And answer his Tears with my Tears.

Verse 4
So mingled his Soul is with mine,
With mine so united his Heart,
So link’d in Affection Divine,
No Creature is able to part:
Still closer in Death we shall cleave,
Recover our Native Abode,
Our Fulness of Rapture receive,
And bathe in an OCEAN OF GOD.

Verse 5
Thou GOD, in whose Love we agree,
Admit us into thy Embrace,
Thy Glory we languish to see,
To die for a Sight of thy Face:
Why, Lord, doth thy Chariot delay,
Make ready, and take the Bride home,
Come quickly, and bear us away,
Our Friend thro’ Eternity, come.