1 He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster,
let him in constancy follow the Master.
There's no discouragement shall make him once relent
his first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.
2 Who so beset him round with dismal stories
do but themselves confound, his strength the more is.
No foes shall stay his might, though he with giants fight;
he will make good his right to be a pilgrim.
3 Since, Lord, thou dost defend us with thy Spirit,
we know we at the end shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away; I'll fear not what men say,
I'll labor night and day to be a pilgrim.
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First Line: | He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster |
Author: | Percy Dearmer, 1868-1936 |
Author: | John Bunyan, 1628-1688 |
Meter: | 11 11. 12 11 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
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Name: | MONK'S GATE |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Arranger: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 11 11. 12 11 |
Key: | d minor |
Source: | Sussex folk melody |
Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press. |