The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10145

10145. Gone Are Those Great And Good

1 Gone are those great and good
Who here, in peril, stood,
And raised their hymn.
Peace to the reverend dead!
The light that on their head
The passing years have shed
Shall ne’er grow dim.

2 Ye temples, that to God
Rise where our fathers trod,
Guard well your trust—
The faith that dared the sea,
The truth that made them free,
Their cherished purity,
Their garnered dust.

3 Thou high and holy One,
Whose care for sire and son
All nature fills—
While day shall break and close,
While night her crescent shows,
O let Thy light repose,
On these our hills.

Text Information

• First Line: Gone are those great and good
• Title: Gone Are Those Great And Good
• Author: John Pierpont (1830)
• Meter: 66.46.66.4
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: DORT by Lowell Mason; KIRBY BEDON by Edward Burnett; This is part two of a hymn beginning Break Forth in Song, Ye Trees, written for the second centennial celebration of the settlement of Boston, Massachusetts, September 17, 1830. It was included in Pierpont’s 1840 "Poems and Hymns."

Tune Information

• Name: ITALIAN HYMN
• Composer: Felice de Giardini (1769)
• Meter: 66.46.66.4
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain