Tune: 'TIS MIDNIGHT HOUR

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'TIS MIDNIGHT HOUR

Composer: Anonymous
Published in 14 hymnals

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Composer: Anonymous

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Tune Information

Title:	'TIS MIDNIGHT HOUR
Composer:	Anonymous
Meter:	8.8.8.6 D
Incipit:	11117 61135 54266
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

How Far from Home?

How far from home? I asked, as on
I bent my steps—the watchman spake:
“The long, dark night is almost gone,
The morning soon will break.
Then weep no more, but speed thy flight,
With Hope’s bright star thy guiding ray,
Till thou shalt reach the realms of light,
In everlasting day.”

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The Thrilling City

¿Muy lejos el hogar está?

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