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6059 | The Cyber Hymnal#6060 | 6061 |
Text: | Safe Home, Safe Home in Port! |
Author: | John M. Neale |
Tune: | AXBRIDGE |
Composer: | Arthur Hugh Dalrymple Prendergast |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Safe home, safe home in port!
Rent cordage, shattered deck,
Torn sails, provisions short,
And only not a wreck;
But oh! the joy upon the shore
To tell our voyage—perils o’er!
2. The prize, the prize secure!
The athlete nearly fell;
Bare all he could endure,
And bare not always well;
But he may smile at troubles gone
Who sets the victor-garland on.
3. No more the foe can harm;
No more of leaguered camp,
And cry of night alarm,
And need of ready lamp;
And yet how nearly he had failed—
How nearly had that foe prevailed!
4. The lamb is in the fold,
In perfect safety penned;
The lion once had hold,
And thought to make an end;
But One came by with wounded side,
And for the sheep the Shepherd died.
5. The exile is at home!
O nights and days of tears,
O longings not to roam,
O sins and doubts and fears;
What matters now grief’s darkest day?
The King has wiped those tears away
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Safe home, safe home in port |
Title: | Safe Home, Safe Home in Port! |
Author: | John M. Neale (1862) |
Meter: | 66.66.88 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns of the Eastern Church, 1862, based on the Greek of Joseph the Hymnographer |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AXBRIDGE |
Composer: | Arthur Hugh Dalrymple Prendergast (1889) |
Meter: | 66.66.88 |
Incipit: | 13565 13465 32235 |
Key: | e♭ minor |
Source: | Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |