O Paradise, O Paradise

O Paradise! O Paradise! Frederick William Faber (1814-1863). Published in Faber’s Hymns (1862), in seven 8-line stanzas, entitled ‘Paradise’. It was the penultimate hymn in the book, followed only by one entitled ‘Heaven’. The second half of each stanza forms a refrain: Where loyal hearts, and true,   Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through,   In God’s most holy sight? The first five lines of each stanza were as follows: O Paradise! O Paradise!   Who doth not crave for rest? Who would not seek the happy land,   Where they that loved are blest;         Where loyal hearts… 2. O Paradise! O Paradise! The world is growing old; Who would not be at rest and free   Where love is...