517b. Nearer, my God, to Thee

5 Or if on joyful wing
cleaving the sky,
sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,
still all my song shall be,
'Nearer, my God, to Thee,
nearer to Thee!'

Text Information
First Line: Nearer, my God, to Thee
Author: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848
Meter: 64 64 66 64
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Notes: When sung to PROPIOR DEO the last line of each verse is repeated
Tune Information
Name: PROPIOR DEO
Composer: Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900
Meter: 64 64 66 64
Key: G Major



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