I’ve Found a Friend (Sullivan)
Authors: J.G. Small • Composers: Arthur Sullivan • Meter: 8.7.8.7. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1866
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1. I’ve found a Friend;
Oh, such a Friend!
He lov’d me ere I knew Him;
He drew me with the cords of love,
And thus He bound me to Him.
And round my heart still closely twine,
Those ties which naught can sever;
For I am His and He is mine,
Forever and forever.
2. I’ve found a Friend;
Oh, such a Friend!
He bled, He died to save me;
And not alone the gift of life,
But His own self He gave me.
Naught that I have my own I call,
I hold it for the Giver;
My heart, my strength, my life, my all,
Are His, and His forever.
3. I’ve found a Friend;
Oh, such a Friend!
All pow’r to Him is given,
To guard me on my onward course,
And bring me safe to heaven!
Eternal glory gleams afar,
To nerve my faint endeavor;
So now to watch, to work, to war;
And then to rest forever.