The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#922

922. So fades the lovely, blooming flower

1 So fades the lovely, blooming flower.
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.

2 Is there no kind, no healing art,
To soothe the anguish of the heart?
Divine Redeemer, be thou nigh;
Thy comforts were not made to die.

3 Let gentle Patience smile on pain,
Till dying Hope revives again;
She wipes the tear from Sorrow's eye,
And Faith points upward to the sky.

Text Information

• First Line: So fades the lovely, blooming flower
• Author: Anne Steele
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: OSBORNE
• Composer: Edwin Barnes
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #927 or 926.