God Ever Present Poem by John Bowring

Yes! Thou art with me, and with Thee
I cannot be alone,
For joy shall bear me company,
And peace shall be my own.


The solitude Thou hoverest nigh
Is peopled all with bliss:
The sandy waste, when Thou art by,
A verdant landscape is.


There is no night where Thou art seen:
No light can day afford
Without Thy rays to gild the scene-
Without Thy presence, Lord!


Be with me ever! Ever bless,
And ever guide-and be,
In life's decay and death's distress,
On earth, in heaven, with me.