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Text: | Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above |
Author: | Henry Francis Lyte |
Tune: | MAIDSTONE |
Composer: | Walter B. Gilbert |
1 Pleasant are Thy courts above
In the land of light and love;
Pleasant are Thy courts below
In this land of sin and woe.
O my spirit longs and faints
For the converse of Thy saints,
For the brightness of Thy face,
For Thy fullness, God of grace.
2 Happy birds that sing and fly
Round Thy altars, O Most High;
Happier souls that find a rest
In a heavenly Father's breast!
Like the wandering dove that found
No repose on earth around,
They can to their ark repair
And enjoy it ever there.
3 Happy souls, their praises flow
Even in this vale of woe;
Waters in the desert rise,
Manna feeds them from the skies:
On they go from strength to strength
Till they reach Thy throne at length,
At Thy feet adoring fall,
Who hast led them safe through all.
4 Lord, be mine this prize to win;
Guide me through a world of sin;
Keep me by Thy saving grace;
Give me at Thy side a place.
Sun and shield alike Thou art;
Guide and guard my erring heart.
Grace and glory flow from Thee;
Shower, O shower them, Lord, on me.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Pleasant are Thy courts above |
Title: | Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above |
Author: | Henry Francis Lyte (1834) |
Meter: | 7. 7. 7. 7. D. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
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Topic: | Aspiration; Church, The; God: Guide(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MAIDSTONE |
Composer: | Walter B. Gilbert (1862) |
Meter: | 7. 7. 7. 7. D. |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Music used by permission of Novello & Co., Ltd. |