The Cyber Hymnal ‎#339

339. And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord?

1. And wilt Thou pardon, Lord,
A sinner such as I,
Although Thy book his crimes record,
Of such a crimson dye?

2. So deep are they engraved,
So terrible their fear,
The righteous scarcely shall be saved,
And where shall I appear?

3. O Thou Physician blest,
Make clean my guilty soul
And me, by many a sin oppressed,
Restore and keep me whole.

4. I know not how to praise
Thy mercy and Thy love;
But deign my soul from earth to raise
And learn from Thee above.

Text Information

• First Line: And wilt Thou pardon, Lord
• Title: And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord?
• Greek Title: Τῶν ἁμαρτῶν μου τὴν πληῦν
• Author: Joseph the Hymnographer (ca. 860)
• Translator (from Greek): John M. Neale
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Translation in Hymns of the Eastern Church, 1862
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This is the opening line of a cento taken from a long Canon for the Monday of the First Tone in the Paracletice. It is virtually, as compiled by Dr. Neale, a new poem, representing neither the form nor the idea of the original. Julian, p. 1181

Tune Information

• Name: ST. BRIDE
• Composer: Samuel Howard (1762)
• Meter: SM
• Incipit: 15132 13735 43543
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Public Domain