Church Book ‎#537

537. With years opprest, with sorrow worn

1 With years opprest, with sorrow worn,
Dejected, harassed, sick, forlorn,
To Thee, O God, I pray:
To Thee my withered hands arise,
To Thee I left these failing eyes;
O cast me not away!

2 Thy mercy heard my infant prayer:
Thy Love, with all a mother's care,
Sustained my childish days:
Thy goodness watched my ripening youth,
And formed my heart to love Thy truth,
And filled my lips with praise.

3 O Saviour, has Thy grace declined?
Can years affect the eternal Mind,
Or time its Love decay?
A thousand ages in Thy sight,
And all their long and weary flight,
Are gone like yesterday.

4 Then, even in age and grief, Thy Name
Shall still my languid heart inflame,
And bow my faltering knee:
O yet this bosom feels the fire;
This trembling hand and drooping lyre
Have yet a strain for Thee!

5 Yes, broken, tuneless, still, O Lord,
This voice, transported, shall record
Thy goodness, tried so long;
Till, sinking slow with calm decay,
Its feeble murmurs melt away
Into a seraph's song.

Text Information

• First Line: With years opprest, with sorrow worn
• Author: Sir Robert Grant (1839)
• Meter: C. P. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Private Devotion; For the Aged
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #286

Tune Information

• Name: ST. SIMEON
• Meter: C. P. M.
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: H. R. Krauth, 1869, Rev. by J. Pearce