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135 | Gloria Deo#136 | 137 |
Text: | Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair |
Author: | Johann Scheffler |
Translator: | Frances E. Cox |
Tune: | ST. BEES |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes |
1 Earth has nothing sweet or fair,
Lovely forms or beauties rare,
But before my eyes they bring
Christ, of beauty Source and Spring.
2 When the morning paints the skies,
When the golden sunbeams rise,
Then my Saviour’s form I find
Brightly imaged on my mind.
3 When the star-beams pierce the night,
Oft I think of Jesus’ light;
Think how bright that light will be,
Shining through eternity.
4 Come, Lord Jesus! and dispel
This dark cloud in which I dwell,
And to me the power impart
To behold Thee as Thou art.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Earth has nothing sweet or fair |
Title: | Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair |
Translator: | Frances E. Cox (1841) |
Author: | Johann Scheffler |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1901 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. BEES |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes |