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| Text: | When I Can Read My Title Clear |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Tune: | MILES LANE |
| Composer: | William Shrubsole |
1. When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to ev'ry fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes,...
And wipe my weeping eyes.
2. Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world,...
And face a frowning world.
3. Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall;
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heav'n, my all,...
My God, my heav'n, my all.
4. There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav'nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast,...
Across my peaceful breast.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | When I can read my title clear |
| Title: | When I Can Read My Title Clear |
| Author: | Isaac Watts (1707) |
| Meter: | C M |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1929 |
| Topic: | The Future Life: Death and Heaven |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MILES LANE |
| Composer: | William Shrubsole (1785, adapt) |
| Meter: | C M |
| Incipit: | 51112 32135 65432 |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
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