1669 | The Cyber Hymnal#1670 | 1671 |
Text: | Fierce Was the Wild Billow |
Author (attributed to): | Anatolius |
Translator (from Greek): | John M. Neale |
Tune: | ST. HELENA (Allen) |
Composer: | Alfred Reginald Allen |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Fierce was the billow wild, dark was the night;
Oars labored heavily, foam glimmered white.
Trembled the mariners; peril was nigh:
Then said the God of God, Peace: it is I.
2. Ridge of the mountain wave, lower thy crest;
Wail of the tempest wind, be thou at rest.
Sorrow can never be, darkness must fly,
Where saith the Light of light, Peace: it is I.
3. Jesus, Deliverer, near to us be;
Soothe thou my voyaging over life’s sea;
Thou, when the storm of death roars, sweeping by,
Whisper, O Truth of truth, Peace: it is I.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Fierce was the billow wild, dark was the night |
Title: | Fierce Was the Wild Billow |
Greek Title: | Ζοφεράς τρικυμίας |
Author (attributed to): | Anatolius (7th Century) |
Translator (from Greek): | John M. Neale |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns of the Eastern Church, 1862 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: ST. ISSEY, English traditional melody; ST. SOPHRONIUS, Arthur H. Brown, 1880 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. HELENA (Allen) |
Composer: | Alfred Reginald Allen (1911) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Incipit: | 53221 13176 56712 |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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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 |