Text: | Maker of earth, to thee alone |
Author: | Charles Coffin, 1676-1749 |
Translator: | J. M. Neale, 1818-66 |
Tune: | DUNFIRMLINE |
1 Maker of earth, to thee alone
Perpetual rest belongs;
And those bright choirs around thy throne
May pour their endless songs.
2 But we--ah, holy now no more!
Are doomed to toil and pain;
Yet exiles on an alien shore
May sing their country’s strain.
3 Father, whose promise binds thee still
To heal the suppliant throng,
Grant us to mourn the deeds of ill
That banish us so long;
4 And, while we mourn, in faith to rest
Upon thy love and care,
Till thou restore us with the blest
The song of heaven to share.
5 O God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost,
To thee be praise, great Three in One,
From thy created host. Amen.
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First Line: | Maker of earth, to thee alone |
Latin Title: | Te laeta, mundi Conditor |
Author: | Charles Coffin, 1676-1749 |
Translator: | J. M. Neale, 1818-66 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Lent |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DUNFIRMLINE |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | E Major |
Source: | Scottish Psalter 1615 |