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While I Keep Silence

While I keep silence, silence, silence

Author: David Wright (2005)
Tune: SILENCE (Clemens)
ONE LICENSE: 62415
Published in 3 hymnals


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Author: David Wright

David Wright is a poet and professor of English at Monmouth College (IL). In addition to his poetry collections--A Liturgy for Stones (Cascadia, 2003), The Small Books of Bach (Wipf & Stock, 2014) and Local Talent (Purple Flag, 2019)--he has collaborated with composer Jim Clemens on several dozen hymns and choral works. Before teaching at Monmouth, Wright taught at Richland Community College, Wheaton College, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He still considers First Mennonite Church of Urbana his home church. David Wright Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: While I keep silence, silence, silence
Title: While I Keep Silence
Author: David Wright (2005)
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Copyright: © 2005 David Wright
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Instances in all hymnals

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Psalms for All Seasons #32C

Psalms for All Seasons #32C

Sing a New Creation #146

Sing a New Creation #146

Voices Together #310

Voices Together #310
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