Arthur Sullivan - I've found a friend - текст песни (слова)

1.
 I've found a friend, O such a friend!
 He loved me ere I knew him;
 He drew me with the cords of love,
 And thus He bound me to Him:
 And round my heart still closely twine
 Those ties which nought can sever;
 For I am His, and He is mine,
 For ever and for ever.
 
 2.
 I've found a friend, O such a friend!
 He bled, He died to save me;
 And not alone the gift of life
 But His own self He gave me.
 Nought that I have my own I call,
 I hold it for the giver:
 My heart, my strength, my life, my all 
 Are His, and His for ever.
 
 3.
 I've found a friend, O such a friend!
 So kind, and true, and tender,
 So wise a counsellor and guide,
 So mighty a defender.
 From Him, who loves me now so well,
 What power my soul can sever?
 Shall life or death? shall earth or hell?
 No! I am His for ever.