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Text:Soft be the gently breathing notes
Tune:ZEPHYR
Composer:Wm. B. Bradbury

169. Soft be the gently breathing notes

1 Soft be the gently breathing notes,
That sing the Saviour's dying love;
Soft as the evening zephyr floats,
And soft as tuneful lyres above.

2 Soft as the morning dews descend,
While warbling birds exulting soar;
So soft to our almighty Friend
Be every sigh our bosoms pour.

3 Pure as the sun's enlivening ray,
That scatters life and joy abroad;
Pure as the lucid orb of day,
That wide proclaims its Maker, God.

Text Information
First Line: Soft be the gently breathing notes
Publication Date: 1865
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ZEPHYR
Composer: Wm. B. Bradbury
Meter: L. M.
Key: C Major



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