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{
"title": "Abide with me: fast falls the eventide",
"author": "",
"tune": "Eventide (Monk)",
"number": "335",
"lyrics": "Abide with me: fast falls the eventide:\n\nThe darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:\n\nWhen other helpers fail, and comforts flee,\n\nHelp of the helpless, O abide with me.\n\n\nSwift to its close ebbs out life's little day;\n\nEarth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;\n\nChange and decay in all around I see;\n\nO thou who changest not, abide with me.\n\n\nI need thy presence ev'ry passing hour;\n\nWhat but thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r?\n\nWho like thyself my guide and stay can be?\n\nThrough cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.\n\n\nI fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:\n\nIlls have no weight and tears no bitterness.\n\nWhere is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?\n\nI triumph still, if thou abide with me.\n\n\nHold thou thy cross before my closing eyes:\n\nShine through the gloom, and point me to the skies:\n\nHeav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee:\n\nIn life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.",
"first_line": "Abide with me: fast falls the eventide:"
}