The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6060

6060. Safe Home, Safe Home in Port!

1. Safe home, safe home in port!
Rent cordage, shattered deck,
Torn sails, provisions short,
And only not a wreck;
But oh! the joy upon the shore
To tell our voyage—perils o’er!

2. The prize, the prize secure!
The athlete nearly fell;
Bare all he could endure,
And bare not always well;
But he may smile at troubles gone
Who sets the victor-garland on.

3. No more the foe can harm;
No more of leaguered camp,
And cry of night alarm,
And need of ready lamp;
And yet how nearly he had failed—
How nearly had that foe prevailed!

4. The lamb is in the fold,
In perfect safety penned;
The lion once had hold,
And thought to make an end;
But One came by with wounded side,
And for the sheep the Shepherd died.

5. The exile is at home!
O nights and days of tears,
O longings not to roam,
O sins and doubts and fears;
What matters now grief’s darkest day?
The King has wiped those tears away

Text Information

• First Line: Safe home, safe home in port
• Title: Safe Home, Safe Home in Port!
• Author: John M. Neale (1862)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of the Eastern Church, 1862, based on the Greek of Joseph the Hymnographer
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: AXBRIDGE
• Composer: Arthur Hugh Dalrymple Prendergast (1889)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Incipit: 13565 13465 32235
• Key: e♭ minor
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889
• Copyright: Public Domain