The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9236

9236. They Speak To Me Of Princely Tyre

1 They speak to me of princely Tyre,
That old Phoenician gem,
Great Sidon’s daughter of the north;
But I will speak of Bethlehem.

2 They speak of Rome and Babylon―
What can compare with them?
So let them praise their pride and pomp;
But I will speak of Bethlehem.

3 They praise the hundred-gated Thebes,
Old Mizraim’s diadem,
The city of the sand-girt Nile,
But I will speak of Bethlehem.

4 They speak of Athens, star of Greece,
Th’Acropolis of fame;
Its haunts of wisdom, art so fair,
But I will speak of Bethlehem.

5 Dear town, where Heav’n came down to earth,
Where Jesse’s stem did bloom,
Where Jacob’s star first shone; of thee
I’ll speak, O happy Bethlehem!

Text Information

• First Line: They speak to me of princely Tyre
• Title: They Speak To Me Of Princely Tyre
• Author: Horatius Bonar (alt.)
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope 2nd series (London, James Nisbet, 1861)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [They speak to me of princely Tyre]
• Composer: Scott Werdebaugh (2019)
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: © 2019 Scott Werdebaugh This mu­sic may be free­ly re­pro­duced or pub­lished for Chris­tian wor­ship or de­vo­tions, pro­vid­ed it is not al­tered, & this no­tice is on each co­py. All oth­er rights re­served.