The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14159

14159. The Storm Of Sorrow Howls Around

1 The storm of sorrow howls around
That bleak and cheerless tree,
Where hangs the Sufferer, throned and crowned—
The cross of Calvary.

2 A weight of woe that head bows down,
Deep anguish racks His heart;
Face, hands, and feet, red torrents drown;
Those wounds—how wild their smart.

3 He weeps, He prays, He cries that last
And wildly wailing cry;
Now through His mother’s heart hath passed
The sword of agony.

4 He dies—hills, mountains, rocks and graves
Are riven, rent the main;
Yea, rock the cliffs, fields, floods and waves;
The veil is rent in twain.

5 Why then are our hard hearts unrent?
When sun, and moon, and stars
Wail sadly, with the world’s lament:
What sin our sorrow bars?

6 Wail, wail, for grief’s dark hour is this,
Young men and maidens, wail;
Anoint, and wash, and wipe, and kiss
Those feet so deadly pale.

7 Anoint, and wash with tears, and wipe,
With love’s long flowing tress,
That Lamb of Love—whose every stripe
Doth purge our guiltiness.

8 Oh! then, the peace and joy of all,
Jesu, our life and bliss—
In yon bright land our coronal,
Be Thou our light in this.

Text Information

• First Line: The storm of sorrow howls around
• Title: The Storm Of Sorrow Howls Around
• Latin Title: Saevo dolorum turbine
• Author: William J. Blew
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Appendix to the Roman Breviary (Bologna, Italy, 1827); Tr.: The Church Hymn and Tune Book (London: Francis & John Rivington, 1892)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. NEREUS
• Meter: CM
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: The Church Hymn and Tune Book, 1852
• Copyright: Public Domain