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Text:Light of the anxious heart
Author:Bernard of Clairvaux, d. 1153
Translator:Robert Campbell
Tune:GORTON
Composer:Beethoven

46. Light of the anxious heart

1 Light of the anxious heart,
Jesus, Thy suppliants cheer;
Bid Thou the gloom of guilt depart,
And shed Thy sweetness here.

2 O happy he whose breast
Thou makest Thine abode;
Sweet Light that with the pure wilt rest,
For they shall see their God.

3 Brightness of God above,
Unfathomable grace,
Within our hearts implant thy love,
And fix Thy dwelling-place.

4 To lowly minds revealed,
Our Saviour we adore;
Like tribute to the Father yield
And Spirit, evermore.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Light of the anxious heart
Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, d. 1153
Translator: Robert Campbell (1850)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: The Church Year: Epiphany
Tune Information
Name: GORTON
Composer: Beethoven (1807)
Meter: S. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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