A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #369
Display Title: So fades the lovely, blooming flower First Line: So fades the lovely, blooming flower Date: 1882
A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #369
1 So fades the lovely blooming flow’r,
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.
2 Is there no kind, no healing art,
To soothe the anguish of the heart?
Spirit of grace, be ever nigh;
Thy comforts are not made to die.
3 Let gentle patience smile on pain,
Till dying hope revives again,
Hope wipes the tear from sorrow’s eye,
And faith points upward to the sky.
Source: The Sacred Harp: the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use (1991 rev.) #32b
First Line: | So fades the lovely, blooming flower |
Title: | So Fades the Blooming Flower |
Author: | Anne Steele (1760) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |