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Text: | Abide with Me |
Author: | Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 |
Tune: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William H. Monk, 1823-1889 |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens: Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
change and decay in all around I see:
O Lord who changes not, abide with me.
3 I need your presence every passing hour;
what but your grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like yourself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
4 I fear no foe, with you at hand to bless;
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, your victory?
I triumph still, if you abide with me.
5 Hold now your cross before my closing eyes;
shine through the gloom and point me to the skies:
heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Abide with me, fast falls the eventide |
Title: | Abide with Me |
Author: | Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 (alt.) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2003 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William H. Monk, 1823-1889 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |