Text: | O come and mourn with me awhile |
Author: | Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 |
Tune: | ST CROSS |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876 |
1 O come and mourn with me awhile;
come now unto the Saviour's side;
O come, together let us mourn:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
2 Have we no tears to shed for Him,
while soldiers scoff and foes deride?
Ah, look how patiently He hangs:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
3 Seven times He spoke, seven words of love;
and all three hours His silence cried
for mercy on the human race:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
4 O break, O break, hard heart of mine!
Your weak self-love and guilty pride
His Pilate and His Judas were:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
5 O love divine! O human sin!
In this dread act Your strength is tried;
and victory remains with love:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O come and mourn with me awhile |
Author: | Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST CROSS |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | d minor |
Source: | Adapt: Compilers of Revised Church Hymnary, 1927 |