Text:Fierce Was the Wild Billow
Author (attributed to):Anatolius
Translator (from Greek):John M. Neale
Tune:ST. HELENA (Allen)
Composer:Alfred Reginald Allen
Media:MIDI file

1670. Fierce Was the Wild Billow

1. Fierce was the billow wild, dark was the night;
Oars labored heavily, foam glimmered white.
Trembled the mariners; peril was nigh:
Then said the God of God, Peace: it is I.

2. Ridge of the mountain wave, lower thy crest;
Wail of the tempest wind, be thou at rest.
Sorrow can never be, darkness must fly,
Where saith the Light of light, Peace: it is I.

3. Jesus, Deliverer, near to us be;
Soothe thou my voyaging over life’s sea;
Thou, when the storm of death roars, sweeping by,
Whisper, O Truth of truth, Peace: it is I.

Text Information
First Line: Fierce was the billow wild, dark was the night
Title: Fierce Was the Wild Billow
Greek Title: Ζοφεράς τρικυμίας
Author (attributed to): Anatolius (7th Century)
Translator (from Greek): John M. Neale
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Source: Hymns of the Eastern Church, 1862
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: ST. ISSEY, English traditional melody; ST. SOPHRONIUS, Arthur H. Brown, 1880
Tune Information
Name: ST. HELENA (Allen)
Composer: Alfred Reginald Allen (1911)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Incipit: 53221 13176 56712
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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