The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1339

1339. Ere Mountains Reared Their Forms Sublime

1. Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,
Or Heav’n and earth in order stood,
Before the birth of ancient time,
From everlasting Thou art God.

2. A thousand ages, in their flight,
With Thee are as a fleeting day;
Past, present, future, to Thy sight
At once their various scenes display.

3. But our brief life’s a shadowy dream,
A passing thought that soon is o’er,
That fades with morning’s earliest beam,
And fills the musing mind no more.

4. To us, O Lord, the wisdom give
Each passing moment so to spend,
That we at length with Thee may live
Where life and bliss shall never end.

Text Information

• First Line: Ere mountains reared their forms sublime
• Title: Ere Mountains Reared Their Forms Sublime
• Author: Harriet Auber, 1773-1862
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: HAMBURG
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1824)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11232 34323 33343
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain