Text: | For thee, O dear, dear country |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny, XII cent. |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66 |
Tune: | HOMELAND |
Composer: | Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842 - 1900 |
1 For thee, O dear, dear country,
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love, beholding
Thy happy name, they weep;
2 The mention of thy glory
Is unction to the breast,
And medicine in sickness,
And love, and life, and rest.
3 O one, O only mansion,
O Paradise of joy!
Where tears are ever banished,
And smiles have no alloy;
4 The Cross is all thy splendor,
The Crucified thy praise;
His laud and benediction
Thy ransomed people raise. A-men.
5 Thou hast no shore, fair ocean;
Thou hast no time, bright day;
Dear fountain of refreshment
To pilgrims far away!
6 Upon the Rock of Ages
They raise thy holy tower;
Thine is the victor's laurel,
And thine the golden dower.
7 O sweet and blessèd country,
The home of God's elect;
O sweet and blessèd country,
That eager hearts expect!
8 Jesus, in mercy bring us,
To that dear land of rest,
Who art, with God the Father
And Spirit, ever blest.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For thee, O dear, dear country |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66 |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny, XII cent. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Life In Christ: Life Everlasting; The Life In Christ: Pilgrimage |
Notes: | This hymn may also be sung to ST. ALPHEGE (No. 527), and to KOMM, SEELE (No. 595) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HOMELAND |
Composer: | Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842 - 1900 |
Meter: | 7 6, 7 6. D. |
Key: | D Major |