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List, to the dreamy tone that dwells

List, to the dreamy tone that dwells

Author: Eliza Cook
Tune: [List to the dreamy tone that dwells]
Published in 7 hymnals

Representative Text

1 List to the dreamy tone that dwells
In rippling wave or sighing tree;
Go hearken to the old church-bells,
The whistling bird, the whizzing bee;
Interpret right, and you will find
'Tis power and glory they proclaim,
The chimes, the creatures, waters, wind,
All echo, "Hallowed be thy name!
Father, hallowed be thy name!"

2 The pilgrim journeys till he bleeds
To gain the altar of his sires;
The hermit pores above his beads,
With zeal that never wanes nor tires;
But holiest rite, or longest prayer
That art can yield or wisdom frame,
What better import can it bear
Than "Father, hallowed be thy name!
Father, hallowed be thy name!"

3 Or nature, or the Bible read,
Those precious words you'll find there still;
We trace them in the flowering mead,
We hear them in the flowing rill;
One chorus hails the Great Shepherd,
Each varied breathing tells the same;
The strains may differ, but the theme
Is, "Father, hallowed be thy name!
Father, hallowed be thy name!"



Source: The Little Minstrel: a collection of songs and music, with lessons of instruction, mathematically arranged plan of notation #90

Author: Eliza Cook

Cook, Eliza, daughter of a merchant in Southwark, was born Dec. 24, 1817, and died at Wimbledon, Sept. 23, 1889. Her works in poetry and prose are well and widely known. Her hymn published in 1860, "Father above, I pray to Thee" (Child's Evening Hymn), is in several hymn-books, including Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: List, to the dreamy tone that dwells
Author: Eliza Cook
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

The Christian Psalmist #d400

The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d228

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The Little Minstrel #90

The Pean #d59

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The Psalms of Life #11

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The Violet #90

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