RitualSong (2nd ed.) ‎#565

565. Forty Days and Forty Nights

1 Forty days and forty nights
You were fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted, and yet undefiled.

2 Shall not we your sorrow share
And from worldly joys abstain,
Fasting with unceasing prayer,
Strong with you to suffer pain?

3 Then, if Satan on us press,
Flesh or spirit to assail,
Victor in the wilderness,
Grant we may not faint nor fail!

4 So shall we have peace divine;
Holier gladness ours shall be.
Round us, too, shall angels shine,
Such as served you faithfully.

5 Keep, O keep us, Savior dear,
Ever constant by your side,
That with you we may appear
At the eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Author: George H. Smyttan, 1822-1870 (alt.)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2016
• Topic: Lent

Tune Information

• Name: HEINLEIN
• Composer (attributed to): Martin Herbst, 1654-1681
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: Nürnbergishces Gesangbuch, 1676