Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#444

444. So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r

1 So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r;
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.

2 Is there no kind, no healing art
To soothe the anguish of the heart?
Spirit of grace, be ever nigh;
Thy comforts are not made to die.

3 Let gentle patience smile on pain,
Till dying hope revives again;
Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye,
And faith points upward to the sky.

Text Information

• First Line: So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r
• Author: Anna Steele (1760)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Consummation: Death and Burial
• Notes: Alternate Tune: FEDERAL STREET, #449

Tune Information

• Name: ZEPHYR
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury (1844)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: C Major