Text: | Lord, on earth I dwell in pain |
Author: | Neumann |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth |
Lord, on earth I dwell in pain;
Here in anguish I must lie;
Wherefore leav'st Thou me again,
Why ascendest Thou on high?
Take me, take me hence with Thee,
Or abide, Lord, still in me;
Let Thy love and gifts be left,
That I be not all bereft.
Leave Thy heart with me behind,
Take mine hence with Thee away;
Let my sighs an entrance find
To Thy heaven whene'er I pray.
When I cannot pray, oh plead
With Thy Father in my stead;
Seated now at God's right hand,
Help us here Thy faithful band.
Help me earthly toys to spurn,
Raise my thoughts from things below;
Mortal am I, yet I yearn
Heavenly like my Lord to grow,
That my time through faith may be
Ordered for eternity;
Till we meet, all perils o'er,
Whither Thou hast gone before.
In due season come again,
As was promised us of old;
Raise the members that have lain
Gnawed of death beneath the mould,
Judge the evil world that deems
Thy sure words but empty dreams;
Then for all our sorrows past,
Let us know Thy joy at last.
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First Line: | Lord, on earth I dwell in pain |
Title: | Lord, on earth I dwell in pain |
German Title: | Herr auf Erden muss ich leiden |
Author: | Neumann (1700) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1855) |
Meter: | 7,7,7,7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1861 |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |