8249 | The Cyber Hymnal#8250 | 8251 |
Text: | As O'er The Past My Memory Strays |
Author: | Thomas F. Middleton, 1769-1832 |
Tune: | GRÄFENBERG |
Composer: | Johann Crüger |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 As o’er the past my memory strays,
Why heaves the secret sigh?
’Tis that I mourn departed days,
Still unprepared to die.
2 The world and worldly things beloved,
My anxious thoughts employed;
And time unhallowed, unimproved,
Presents a fearful void.
3 Yet, holy Father, wild despair
Chase from my laboring breast;
Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer,
That grace can do the rest.
4 My life’s brief remnant all be Thine;
And when Thy sure decree
Bids me this fleeting breath resign,
O speed my soul to Thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | As o’er the past my memory strays |
Title: | As O'er The Past My Memory Strays |
Author: | Thomas F. Middleton, 1769-1832 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Middleton intended for the hymn to be sung on New Year’s Day. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GRÄFENBERG |
Composer: | Johann Crüger |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | Midi |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |