The Southern harmony, and musical companion containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems |
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[How tedious and tasteless the hours] |
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The Southern harmony, and musical companion | ||
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[How tedious and tasteless the hours]
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How tedious and tasteless the hours,When Jesus no longer I see;
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow'rs,
Have all lost their sweetness to me.
The midsummer sun shines but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay,
But when I am happy in him,
December's as pleasant as May.
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His name yields the richest perfume,And sweeter than music his voice;
His presence disperses my groom,
And makes all within me rejoice;
I should, were he always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal so happy as I,
My summer would last all the year.
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Content with beholding his face,My all to his pleasure resign'd;
No changes of season or place,
Would make any change in my mind
While bless'd with a sense of his love,
A palace a toy would appear,
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.
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Dear Lord, if indeed I am thine,If thou art my sun and my song,
Say, why do I languish and pine,
And why are my winters so long!
O, drive these dark clouds from my sky
Thy soul-cheering presence restore
Or take me unto thee on high.
Where winter and clouds are no more
The Southern harmony, and musical companion | ||