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Text: | 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow |
Author: | William B. Tappan |
Tune: | OLIVE'S BROW |
Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
1 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow
The star is dimmed that lately shown:
'Tis midnight; in the garden now
The suffering Saviour prays alone.
2 'Tis midnight; and from all removed,
Immanuel wrestles lone, with fears;
E'en the disciple that He loved
Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.
3 'Tis midnight; and, for others' guilt,
The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood;
Yet He that hath in anguish knelt
Is not forsaken by His God.
4 'Tis midnight; and from ether-plains
Is borne the song that angels know:
Unheard by mortals are the strains
That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow |
Author: | William B. Tappan (1822) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Christ: Loneliness of; Christ: Passion of; Gethsemane(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | OLIVE'S BROW |
Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
Meter: | L. M. |