3879 | The Cyber Hymnal#3880 | 3881 |
Text: | Long Did I Toil |
Author: | John Quarles, 1624-1665 |
Author: | Henry Lyte, 1793-1847 |
Tune: | BATTLE |
Composer: | Henry Lawes, 1596-1662 |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Long did I toil, and knew no earthly rest,
Far did I rove, and found no certain home;
At last I sought them in His sheltering breast,
Who opes His arms, and bids the weary come:
With Him I found a home, a rest divine,
And since then I am His, and He is mine.
2. The good I have is from His stores supplied,
The ill is only what He deems the best;
He for my Friend, I’m rich with naught beside,
And poor without Him, though of all possessed:
Changes may come, I take, or I resign,
Content, while I am His, while He is mine.
3. Whate’er may change, in Him no change is seen,
A glorious Sun that wanes not nor declines;
Above the clouds and storms He walks serene,
And on His people’s inward darkness shines:
All may depart—I fret not, nor repine,
While I my Savior’s am, while He is mine.
4. While here, alas! I know but half His love,
But half discern Him, and but half adore;
But when I meet Him in the realms above,
I hope to love Him better, praise Him more,
And feel, and tell, amid the choir divine,
How fully I am His, and He is mine.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Long did I toil, and knew no earthly rest |
Title: | Long Did I Toil |
Author: | John Quarles, 1624-1665 |
Author: | Henry Lyte, 1793-1847 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: YORKSHIRE, John Wainright, 1750 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BATTLE |
Composer: | Henry Lawes, 1596-1662 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10.10.10 |
Incipit: | 33212 72345 54534 |
Key: | f minor |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |