5144. O Love Divine, That Stooped to Share

1. O Love divine, that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear!
On Thee we cast each earthborn care;
We smile at pain while Thou art near.

2. Though long the weary way we tread,
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, Thou art near!

3. When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us Thou art near!

4. On Thee we fling our burdening woe,
O Love divine, forever dear!
Content to suffer while we know,
Living and dying, Thou art near!

Text Information
First Line: O Love divine, that stooped to share
Title: O Love Divine, That Stooped to Share
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1859)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: The Professor at the Breakfast Table, 1859
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: LUFFENHAM, George A. Macfarren, 1813-1887, in Miss Mundella's Day School Hymn-Book; ST. CRISPIN, George J. Elvey, 1862
Tune Information
Name: MOZART
Composer: Wolfgang A. Mozart, 1756-1791 (arr.)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 11175 44355 35421
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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