12486 | The Cyber Hymnal#12487 | 12488 |
Text: | Thou God Of Love, Thou Ever Blessed |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | THE WAITS' SONG |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Thou God of love, Thou ever blest
Pity my suffering state;
When wilt Thou set my soul at rest
From lips that love deceit?
2 Hard lot of mine! My days are cast
Among the sons of strife,
Whose never ceasing brawlings waste
My golden hours of life.
3 O might I fly to change my place
How would I choose to dwell
In some wide lonesome wilderness,
And leave these gates of hell!
4 Peace is the blessing that I seek,
How lovely are its charms!
I am for peace; but when I speak,
They all declare for arms.
5 New passions still their souls engage,
And keep their malice strong:
What shall be done to curb thy rage,
O thou devouring tongue!
6 Should burning arrows smite thee thro’,
Strict justice would approve;
But I had rather spare my foe,
And melt his heart with love.
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First Line: | Thou God of love, Thou ever blest |
Title: | Thou God Of Love, Thou Ever Blessed |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Psalms of David, 1719 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Name: | THE WAITS' SONG |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | g minor |
Source: | English Traditional |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
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