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Text:Fierce Raged the Tempest
Author:Godfrey Thring
Tune:ST. AËLRED
Composer:John Bacchus Dykes

286. Fierce Raged the Tempest

1 Fierce raged the tempest, o’er the deep,
anxious disciples watch did keep;
but you were wrapped in guileless sleep,
calm and still.

2 “Save, us, we perish!” was their cry.
“Save us or we will surely die!”
Your word above the storm rose high:
“Peace! be still.”

3 The wild winds hushed; the angry deep
fell, like a little child, to sleep;
the sullen billows ceased to leap,
at your will.

4 So, when our life is clouded o’er,
and storm-winds drift us from the shore,
say, lest we sink to rise no more,
“Peace! be still.”

Text Information
First Line: Fierce raged the tempest, o’er the deep
Title: Fierce Raged the Tempest
Author: Godfrey Thring (1861, alt.)
Meter: 8.8.8.3
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Jesus Christ: Miracles of; Joy; Peace: Inner (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST. AËLRED
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1862)
Meter: 8.8.8.3
Key: E♭ Major



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