1335 | The Cyber Hymnal#1336 | 1337 |
Text: | Early, My God, Without Delay |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | ST. MARK |
Composer: | Henry John Gauntlett, 1805-1876 |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Early, my God, without delay,
I haste to seek Thy face;
My thirsty spirit faints away
Without Thy cheering grace.
2. So pilgrims on the scorching sand,
Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And they must drink or die.
3. I’ve seen Thy glory and Thy power
Through all Thy temple shine;
My God, repeat that heav’nly hour,
That vision so divine.
4. Not all the blessings of a feast
Can please my soul so well,
As when Thy richer grace I taste,
And in Thy presence dwell.
5. Not life itself, with all her joys,
Can my best passions move,
Or raise so high my cheerful voice,
As Thy forgiving love.
6. Thus till my last expiring day
I’ll bless my God and King;
Thus will I lift my hands to pray,
And tune my lips to sing.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Early, my God, without delay |
Title: | Early, My God, Without Delay |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1719) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Psalms of David, 1719 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes; ST. JAMES, Raphael Courteville, 1697; ST. PETER (REINAGLE), Alexander R. Reinagle, 1836; STUKELY, arranged from Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847; TALLIS' ORDINAL, Thomas Tallis, circa 1567 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. MARK |
Composer: | Henry John Gauntlett, 1805-1876 |
Meter: | CM |
Incipit: | 35554 44333 33222 |
Key: | D Major |
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 |