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| Text: | Anchored Fast |
| Author: | William Pratt Breed |
| Tune: | [Tossing on the billow] |
| Composer: | John Edgar Gould |
| Media: | MIDI file |
1. Tossing on the billow,
Rocking in the blast,
Sick’ning on the pillow,
Verging t’ward the last.
Refrain
While the tempest rages,
To the Rock of Ages,
I am anchored fast;
While the tempest rages,
To the Rock of Ages,
I am anchored fast.
2. Skies all clad in sable,
Storm clouds scudding past,
Clinging to the cable,
I am anchored fast. [Refrain]
3. Gone each earthly treasure,
Cut away each mast,
Vanished earthly pleasure,
Still I’m anchored fast. [Refrain]
4. Sorrows multiplying,
Prospects overcast,
Weeping, groaning, sighing,
Still I’m anchored fast. [Refrain]
5. Swiftly to my grave-bed,
I am making haste!
Trembling ’neath the death-dread,
Still I’m anchored fast. [Refrain]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Tossing on the billow |
| Title: | Anchored Fast |
| Author: | William Pratt Breed (1869) |
| Refrain First Line: | While the tempest rages |
| Language: | English |
| Source: | Songs of Gladness for the Sabbath School, by John E. Gould (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Garrigues Brothers, 1869) |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [Tossing on the billow] |
| Composer: | John Edgar Gould |
| Incipit: | 33231 56611 53323 |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat image: |  Adobe Acrobat image(Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: |  MIDI File(Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
| XML score: | XML score |
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