Text: | Out in the Dew and Cold He stands |
Author: | Rev. Dr. H. Bonar |
Tune: | [Out in the dew and cold He stands] |
Composer: | Rev. E. Husband |
1 Out in the dew and cold He stands,
The drops of night are on His hair;
In patient love He waits without:
And who, who keeps Him there?
2 All heaven is in His earnest voice,
All glory on His brow so fair:
In sorr’wing love He stands without:
And who, who keeps Him there?
3 “Open to Me, beloved one!
With Me thy heart and dwelling share!”
But still at the barr’d door He stands:
And who, who keeps Him there?
4 He hath no place to lay His head,
No one a home or roof will spare;
No one respondeth when He knocks:
And who, who keeps Him there?
5 The winds are out, the storm is up,
Freezing and sharp the midnight air;
He does not leave, but knocketh on:
And who, who keeps Him there?
6 Our ear is sealed, our heart is cold,
And we refuse both hearth and fare:
He speaks, we hear not: ah, ‘tis we—
Yes, we who keep Him there!
7 But now no more we shut Thee out,
O Thou, the fairest of the fair!
Come in, Thou blessèd One; we will
No longer keep Thee there.
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First Line: | Out in the dew and cold He stands |
Title: | Out in the Dew and Cold He stands |
Author: | Rev. Dr. H. Bonar |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1902 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Out in the dew and cold He stands] |
Composer: | Rev. E. Husband |
Meter: | 8.8.8.4. |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |