Text: | It Is Something to Have Wept |
Author: | Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874-1936 |
Tune: | KEITH |
Composer: | Robert L. Sanders, b. 1906 |
1 It is something to have wept as we have wept,
and something to have done as we have done;
it is something to have watched when all have slept,
and seen the stars which never see the sun.
2 It is something to have smelt the mystic rose,
although it break and leave the thorny rods;
it is something to have hungered once as those
must hunger who have ate the bread of gods:
3 To have known the things that from the weak are furled,
the fearful ancient passions, strange and high;
it is something to be wiser than the world,
and something to be older than the sky.
4 Lo, and blessed are our ears for they have heard:
yea, blessed are our eyes for they have seen:
let the thunder break on human, beast, and bird,
and lightning. It is something to have been.
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First Line: | It is something to have wept as we have wept |
Title: | It Is Something to Have Wept |
Author: | Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874-1936 |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Transcending Mystery and Wonder: The Celebration of Life; Integrity; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KEITH |
Composer: | Robert L. Sanders, b. 1906 |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10. |
Key: | f minor |
Copyright: | © 1964 Beacon Press |