Text:He who would valiant be
Author:John Bunyan, 1628-1688
Tune:ST. DUNSTAN'S
Composer:Winfred Douglas

117b. He who would valiant be

He who would valiant be
'Gainst all disaster,
Let him in constancy
Follow the Master.
There's no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent
To be a pilgrim.

Who so beset him round
With dismal stories,
Do but themselves confound,
His strength the more is.
No foes shall stay his might,
Though he with giants fight;
He will make good his right
To be a pilgrim.

Since, Lord, thou dost defend
Us with thy Spirit
We know we at the end
Shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away!
I'll fear not what men say,
I'll labour night and day
To be a pilgrim.

Text Information
First Line: He who would valiant be
Author: John Bunyan, 1628-1688 (alt.)
Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.6.6.5
Publication Date: 1916
Topic: Septuagesima; Holy Days: Conversion of St. Paul; Confirmation (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST. DUNSTAN'S
Composer: Winfred Douglas (1917)
Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.6.6.5
Key: G Major



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