The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13582

13582. In Pleasant Lands

1 In pleasant lands have fallen the lines
That bound our goodly heritage,
And safe beneath our sheltering vines
Our youth is blest, and soothed our age.

2 What thanks, O God, to Thee are due,
That Thou didst plant our fathers here,
And watch and guard them as they grew,
A vineyard to the planter dear!

3 The toils they bore our ease have wrought;
They sowed in tears, in joy we reap;
The birthright they so dearly bought
We’ll guard, till we with them shall sleep.

4 Thy kindness to our fathers shown,
In weal and woe, through all the past,
Their grateful sons, O God, shall own,
While here their name and race shall last.

Text Information

• First Line: In pleasant lands have fallen the lines
• Title: In Pleasant Lands
• Author: James Flint (1840)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home (Boston: James Munroe, 1843)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: WARRINGTON by Ralph Harrison; words written for the bicentenary of Quincy, Massachusetts.

Tune Information

• Name: WAREHAM
• Composer: William Knapp (1738)
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain