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Text:Suppliant, Lo!
Author:Thomas Gray, Jr.
Tune:SEYMOUR
Composer:Carl Maria von Weber
Media:MIDI file

6397. Suppliant, Lo!

1. Suppliant, lo! Thy children bend,
Father, for Thy blessing now;
Thou canst teach us, guide, defend;
We are weak, almighty Thou!

2. With the peace Thy Word imparts
Be the taught and teacher blessed;
In our lives and in our hearts,
Father, be Thy laws impressed.

3. Pour into each longing mind
Light and knowledge from above,
Charity for all mankind,
Trusting faith, enduring love.

Text Information
First Line: Suppliant, lo! Thy children bend
Title: Suppliant, Lo!
Author: Thomas Gray, Jr. (1833)
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Sunday School Collection, 1833
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SEYMOUR
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber (1826)
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 32436 53233 33471
Key: F Major
Source: From the op­e­ra Ober­on, by Carl M. von We­ber, 1826; Hen­ry W. Great­or­ex pub­lished it as a hymn tune in 1851
Copyright: Public Domain



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