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Text:New year
Tune:NEW YEAR
Composer:L. Mason

180. New year

1 Ah! how my days, and months, and years
Encumber'd still with worldly cares,
Or charm'd by folly's syren song,
Roll fast and unimproved along.

2 Yet still the high and holy Lord
Suspends his sin-avenging sword;
And Sinai's lightnings, from above,
Flash guiltless on the shield of love.

3 "At east in Zion," and secure,
How could my startled soul endure
To hear that dread prophetic cry--
"Know, thou this year shalt surely die?"

4 Oh! give me back the seasons past,
The hours, the moments run to waste,
That I, my God, their worth may see,
And dedicate them all to thee.

Text Information
First Line: Ah! how my days, and months, and years
Title: New year
Publication Date: 1845
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: NEW YEAR
Composer: L. Mason
Meter: L. M.
Key: F Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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