| Amazing Grace! |
| — how sweet the sound —
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| That saved a wretch like me!
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| I once was lost, but now am found,
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| Was blind, but now I see.
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| 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
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| And grace my fears relieved;
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| How precious did that grace appear,
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| The hour I first believed!
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| Through many dangers, toils and snares,
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| I have already come;
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| 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
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| And grace will lead me home.
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| The Lord has promised good to me,
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| His word my hope secures;
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| He will my shield and portion be,
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| As long as life endures.
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| Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
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| And mortal life shall cease;
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| I shall possess, within the veil,
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| A life of joy and peace.
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| The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
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| The sun forbear to shine;
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| But God, who call’d me here below,
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| Will be forever mine.
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| Zusätzliche Strophen
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| When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
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| Bright shining as the sun,
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| We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
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| Than when we’d first begun.
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| Shall I be wafted through the skies,
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| on flowery beds of ease,
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| where others strive to win the prize,
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| and sail through bloody seas. |