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2761 | The Cyber Hymnal#2762 | 2763 |
Text: | I Dared Not Hope |
Author: | Edwin Hatch, 1835-1889 |
Tune: | NACHTLIED |
Composer: | Henry Thomas Smart |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come
And make this lowly heart of mine Thy home,
That Thou wouldst deign, O King of kings, to be
E’en for one hour a sojourner in me;
Yet art Thou always here to help, and bless,
And lift the load of my great sinfulness.
2. I dared not ever hope for such a Guide
To walk with me my faltering steps beside,
To help me when I fall, and when I stray
Constrain me gently to the better way;
Yet art Thou always at my side to be
A Counselor and a Comforter to me.
3. I do not always go where Thou dost lead,
I do not always Thy soft whispers heed;
I follow other lights, and, in my sin,
I vex with many a slight my Friend within:
Yet Thou dost not, though grieved, from me depart,
But guardest still Thy place within my heart.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come |
Title: | I Dared Not Hope |
Author: | Edwin Hatch, 1835-1889 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NACHTLIED |
Composer: | Henry Thomas Smart (1872) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10.10.10 |
Incipit: | 33343 65123 25446 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
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