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Text: | O Love that wilt not let me go |
Author: | George Matheson, 1842-1906 |
Tune: | ST MARGARET |
Composer: | Albert Lister Peace, 1844-1912 |
1 O love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.
2 O Light that foll'west all my way,
I yield my flick'ring torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine's blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.
3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain,
that morn shall tearless be.
4 O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee:
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Love that wilt not let me go |
Title: | O Love that wilt not let me go |
Author: | George Matheson, 1842-1906 |
Meter: | 88 88 6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Topic: | Funerals; Hope and Consolation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST MARGARET |
Composer: | Albert Lister Peace, 1844-1912 |
Meter: | 88 88 6 |
Key: | G Major |