Text: | Lord of the harvest, once again |
Author: | Joseph Anstice, 1808-1836 |
Tune: | SURREY |
Composer: | Henry Carey, 1687-1743 |
Harmonizer: | David Evans, 1874-1948 |
1 Lord of the harvest, once again,
we thank You for the ripened grain;
for crops safe carried, sent to cheer
Your servants through another year;
for all sweet holy thoughts, supplied
by seed-time, and by harvest-tide.
2 The bare dead grain, in autumn sown,
its robe of vernal green puts on;
glad from its wintry grave it springs,
fresh garnished by the King of kings;
so, Lord, to those who sleep in You
shall bodies glorious be and new.
3 Daily, O Lord, our prayers be said,
as You hav taught, for daily bread,
but not alone our bodies feed,–
supply our fainting spirits’ need.
O Bread of Life, from day to day
be all their comfort, food and stay!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord of the harvest, once again |
Author: | Joseph Anstice, 1808-1836 (alt.) |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Topic: | Creation: Harvest |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SURREY |
Composer: | Henry Carey, 1687-1743 |
Harmonizer: | David Evans, 1874-1948 |
Meter: | 88 88 88 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927 |
Copyright: | Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press |