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Far from my native land

Author: James Korris
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Far from my native land,
In solitude I roam;
Nor do I find a resting place
That I can call my own.

2 Out on life’s troubled sea,
Dark waters round me roll;
Increasing fears that sometimes rise,
Bring sorrow to my soul.

3 Is there no other land?
No other scenes of joy?
No rock on which my feet shall stand
And find more sure employ?

4 Yes, there’s another land,
Where sorrows are unknown;
And on its shores I soon shall stand,
And Heav’n shall be my home.

5 Cease, cease, my troubled soul;
This storm will soon be past
And, when my weary toils are o’er,
I’ll wear a crown at last.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13703

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Author: James Korris

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Text Information

First Line:	Far from my native land
Title:	My Home
Author:	James Korris
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

[Far from my native land]

AYLESBURY (Chetham)

Also called: WIRKSWORTH WIRKSWORTH was first published in John Chetham's collection A Book of Psalmody (1718) and gained its present shape in James Green's Book of Psalm Tunes (1724). Set in minor tonality, WIRKSWORTH has a folk-like charm. The tune's name derives from the town Wirksworth in Derbysh…

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