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Text:Anchored Fast
Author:William Pratt Breed
Tune:[Tossing on the billow]
Composer:John Edgar Gould
Media:MIDI file

163. Anchored Fast

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



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