Text: | O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go |
Author: | George Matheson (1842-1906) |
Tune: | ST. MARGARET |
Composer: | Albert L. Peace (1844-1912) |
1 O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths
its flow may richer, fuller be.
2 O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in they sunshine’s blaze
its day may brighter, fairer be.
3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow thru the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain,
that morn shall tearless be.
4 O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms
red life that shall endless be.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Love that wilt not let me go |
Title: | O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go |
Author: | George Matheson (1842-1906) (1882) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.6. |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | God the Father: Love of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. MARGARET |
Composer: | Albert L. Peace (1844-1912) (1885) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.6. |
Incipit: | 55556 71177 77712 |
Key: | G Major or modal |