Abide with me, Bapu,

For when hate is ascendant,

I need you.

Abide with me, Bapu,

For when envy dethrones nobility,

I need you.

Abide with me, Bapu,

For when victory crushes empathy

I need you.

Abide with me, Bapu,

For when lucre triumphs over principle,

I need you.

Abide with me, Bapu,

For when lies orphan the truth,

I need you.

Abide with me, Bapu,

For when pique becomes policy,

I need you.

Abide with me, Bapu,

For when the world shrinks  to a creed,

I need you.

Abide with me, Bapu,

So I may remember how not the church

But our own killed you.

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