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With Thee he will not dread a toilsome day,His powerful Servant, his inspiring Mate!And, when thou art past service, worn away,Thee a surviving soul shall consecrate.
His thrift thy usefulness will never scorn;An Heir-loom in his cottage wilt thou be:—High will he hang thee up, and will adornHis rustic chimney with the last of Thee!
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