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8875 | The Cyber Hymnal#8876 | 8877 |
Text: | The Spring, Great God, At Thy Command |
Author (attributed to): | Thomas Gibbons |
Tune: | BANGOR |
Composer: | William Tans'ur |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 The spring, great God, at Thy command,
Leads forth the smiling year;
Gay verdure, foliage, blooms and flowers,
T’adorn her reign, appear.
2 But soon canst Thou in righteous wrath
Blast all the promised joy,
The elements await Thy nod
To bless, or to destroy.
3 The sun, Thy minister of love,
That from the naked ground
Calls forth the hidden seeds to birth,
And spreads their beauties round;
4 But now, at God’s dread order sends
Destructive darts and fires;
Hills, plains, and vales are parched with drought,
And blooming life expires.
5 Like burnished brass, the heav’n around
In angry terror burns;
Our earth becomes a joyless waste,
And into iron turns.
6 O pity, Lord, in our distress,
Nor with our land contend;
Bid the avenging skies relent,
And showers of mercy send.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The spring, great God, at Thy command |
Title: | The Spring, Great God, At Thy Command |
Author (attributed to): | Thomas Gibbons |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors by John Rippon |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BANGOR |
Composer: | William Tans'ur (1734) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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