8172 | The Cyber Hymnal#8173 | 8174 |
Text: | When Dreadful O'er A Mourning Land |
Alterer: | William B. Collyer |
Tune: | IRAE |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 When dreadful o’er a mourning land,
In anger God extends His hand;
Shut are the cisterns of the sky,
And earth’s unnumbered springs are dry.
2 The blighted corn expects in vain,
The early and the latter rain;
Nor morn, nor evening dew, distils,
To satisfy the thirsty hills.
3 No grass, no herb, adorns the ground,
No blossom on the tree is found;
No olive yields its cheering oil,
Nor fruit rewards the tiller’s toil.
4 Creation droops on every hand,
When famine desolates the land;
And panting in the toils of death,
The languid herds resign their breath.
5 Yet should the spring withhold her showers,
Nor autumn yield her wonted stores,
Should wintry tempests, loud and high,
Rush on the summer’s smiling sky:
6 My soul, in this tremendous hour,
Great God, would still adore Thy power;
With trembling voice the anthem raise,
And speak in dying strains Thy praise!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When dreadful o’er a mourning land |
Title: | When Dreadful O'er A Mourning Land |
Alterer: | William B. Collyer |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns Partly Collected and Partly Original ( London: 1812) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | IRAE |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | c minor |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |