Joy to the World ‎#75

75. As Pants the Hart

1 As pants the hart for cooling streams
When heated in the chase,
So pants my soul, O Lord, for thee,
And thy refreshing grace.

Chorus:
As pants the hart for cooling streams,
So pants my soul, O Lord, for thee,
As pants the hart for cooling streams,
So pants my soul, O Lord, for thee.

2 For thee, my God, the living God,
My thirsty soul doth pine;
Oh, when shall I behold thy face,
Thou majesty divine? [Chorus]

3 I sigh to think of happier days,
When thou, O Lord, wast nigh,
When ev'ry heart was tun'd to praise,
And none more blest than I. [Chorus]

4 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Trust God, and thou shalt sing
His praise again, and find him still
Thy health's eternal spring. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams
• Title: As Pants the Hart
• Author: Lyte
• Refrain First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1879
• Copyright: Copyright, 1878, by John R. Sweney
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [As pants the hart for cooling streams]
• Composer: John R. Sweney
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.