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| Text: | My soul there is a country |
| Author: | Henry Vaughan, 1622-95 |
| Tune: | CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
1 My soul there is a country
Far beyond the stars,
Where stands a wingèd sentry
All skilful in the wars:
2 There above noise, and danger,
Sweet peace sits crowned with smiles,
And One born in a manger
Commands the beauteous files.
3 He is thy gracious Friend,
And O my soul, awake!
Did in pure love descend,
To die here for thy sake.
4 If thou canst get but thither,
There grows the flower of peace,
The Rose that cannot wither,
Thy fortress and thy ease.
5 Leave then thy foolish ranges,
For none can thee secure
But one who never changes,
Thy God, thy life, thy cure.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | My soul there is a country |
| Author: | Henry Vaughan, 1622-95 |
| Meter: | 76 76 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1986 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN |
| Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 |
| Meter: | 76 76 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Source: | Melchior Vulpius's Gesangbuch, Weimar, 1609 |
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