Withhold the angry word

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Withhold the angry word

Author: George Cooper
Tune: [Withhold the angry word]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Withhold the angry word,
Unknit the stormy brow;
Let passion's voice, unheard,
Depart forever now.
You little know the woes
An angry word may bring,
The sad and bitter throes
That with its birth may spring.

2 While anger rules the mind,
With might combat its sway,
Resist each counsel blind,
In silence turn away,
An angry word may sever
Our brightest hopes in twain,
And o'er life's path for ever
Strew misery and pain.

Source: The Silver Chime: a cluster of Sabbath school melodies, tunes, sentences, chants, etc., for the use of children and teachers in their school exercises, devotions, and recreations, to which is added... #46

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Author: George Cooper

George Cooper, poet, was born in the city of New York, May 14, 1840 son of John and Hepzibah Cooper, He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and afterwards studied law under the late Chester A. Arthur. After practicing for a short time, he renounced his profession to devote himself to the vocation to which his natural gifts inclined him. In his early years, he had developed a taste for writing, and before his sixteenth year had begun to contribute acceptable verses to several leading magazines. Encouraged by the success that met his early productions, he wrote constantly, and became a regular contributor to such periodicals as “The Independent,” “Harpers’ Young People,” and “Harper’s Magazine,” “Atlantic… Go to person page >

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