Text: | I Think of a City |
Author: | Emma Tuttle |
Tune: | THE UNSEEN CITY |
Arranger: | W. E. M. Hackleman |
Composer: | Clark |
1 I think of a city I have not seen
Except in my hours of dreaming;
Where the feet of mortals have never been
To darken its soft, soft gleaming:
A glimmer of pearl, and a glint of gold,
And a breath from the souls of roses;
And glory and beauty all untold,
Steal over my calm reposes.
Refrain:
As I dream
As I dream of a city I have not seen,
As I dream
As I dream
Of a city I have not seen.
2 I think of that city, for oh, how oft
My heart has been wrung at parting;
With friends all pale who with footfall soft
To its airy heights were starting:
I see them again in their raiment white,
In the blue, blue distance dwelling;
And I hear their praises in calm delight,
Come down to the breezes swelling. [Refrain]
3 That beautiful city is home to me,
My lov'd ones are going thither,
And they who already have cross'd the sea
Are calling to me, "Come hither;"
The tender eyes that I cherished here,
From the golden heights behold me;
And their songs entrance my raptured ear
When the wings of slumber fold me. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I think of a city I have not seen |
Title: | I Think of a City |
Author: | Emma Tuttle |
Refrain First Line: | As I dream of a city I have not seen |
Meter: | 10.8.10.8.D. with Ref. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Heaven: Glories of |
Notes: | And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Rev. 21:2. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | THE UNSEEN CITY |
Composer: | Clark |
Arranger: | W. E. M. Hackleman |
Meter: | 10.8.10.8.D. with Ref. |
Incipit: | 53333 33433 32221 |
Key: | F Major |
Notes: | M.M. 60 |