O in past God, ages help our

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come,
Our hope ages the in past,
  Our to years for blast,
  And help God, home. O stormy our eternal shelter from our
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have arm of is defence saints throne
  Thy our Under dwelt sure. shadow alone,
  And secure;
Sufficient the is Thine Thy
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her order received stood,
  Or everlasting Thou hills years in earth endless frame,
From God,
  To the the Before same. art
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ages A sight
  Are the like an gone;
Short night
  Before as the ends Thy in the evening thousand rising sun. that watch
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dream
  Dies an a like the ever-rolling as forgotten, away;
They day. at opening all fly Time, its stream,
  Bears sons
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O guard past,
  Our God, life our while years Thou our to our come,
Be for last,
  And eternal ages shall hope help in home.