The New English Hymnal ‎#469

469. To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love

1 To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
All pray in their distress,
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.

2 For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
Is God our Father dear;
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,
Is Man, his child and care.

3 For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity, a human face;
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.

4 Then every man, of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine:
Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.

Text Information

• First Line: To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
• Author: William Blake, 1757-1827
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: The Church: The Kingdom of God

Tune Information

• Name: EPSOM
• Composer (attributed to): Willima Tans'ur, 1706-83
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Source: Harmony of Syon, 1734; Present version from Arnold's Compleat Psalmodist, 1756