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Text: | O Love That Will Not Let Me Go |
Author: | George Matheson, 1842-1906 |
Tune: | ST. MARGARET |
Composer: | Albert L. Peace, 1844-1912 |
1 O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
2 O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flick'ring torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine's blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be.
4 O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Love that will not let me go |
Title: | O Love That Will Not Let Me Go |
Author: | George Matheson, 1842-1906 (alt.) |
Meter: | 88 886 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Christian Hope; Aspiration; Commitment |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. MARGARET |
Composer: | Albert L. Peace, 1844-1912 |
Meter: | 88 886 |
Key: | G Major |