The Sacred Harp ‎#32b

32b. So fades the lovely blooming flow'r

1 So fades the lovely blooming flow’r,
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.

2 Is there no kind, no healing art,
To soothe the anguish of the heart?
Spirit of grace, be ever nigh;
Thy comforts are not made to die.

3 Let gentle patience smile on pain,
Till dying hope revives again,
Hope wipes the tear from sorrow’s eye,
And faith points upward to the sky.

Text Information

• First Line: So fades the lovely blooming flow'r
• Author: Anne Steele (1760)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1991

Tune Information

• Name: DISTRESS
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: e minor
• Source: Southern Harmony, 1835