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AGNI

Composer: Grace Wilbur Conant

Pseudonym: A. B. Ponsonby. Born: Sep­tem­ber 9, 1858, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts. Died: Ap­ril 7, 1948, Malden, Mass­a­chu­setts. Grace re­mained sin­gle all her life. Her mid­dle name was her mo­ther’s maid­en name. She served as mu­sic­al ed­it­or for the Kin­der­gar­ten Review for at least six years, star­ting in 1908. Her works in­clude: Songs for Lit­tle Peo­ple, with Fran­ces Weld Dan­i­el­son (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: The Pil­grim Press, 1905) Worship and Song, with Ben­ja­min S. Win­ches­ter (Pilg­rim Press, 1913) Religious Dan­gers of Mo­dern Ten­den­cies in So-Called Re­li­gious Songs, 1917 Song and Play for Child­ren, with Fran­ces Weld Dan­iel… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: AGNI
Composer: Grace Wilbur Conant (1927)
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 31232 13531 71343
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Temper My Spirit, O Lord

Temper my spirit, O Lord,
Keep it long in the fire;
Make it one with the flame, let it share
That upreaching desire.
Grasp it, thyself, O my God;
Swing it straighter and higher!
Temper my Spirit, O Lord,
Temper my spirit, O Lord.

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Instances

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