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==Text and translations== | ==Text and translations== | ||
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{{ | {{Vs|1}} Nearer, my God, to Thee, | ||
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Nearer to Thee! | Nearer to Thee! | ||
E'en though it be a cross | E'en though it be a cross | ||
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Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | ||
2 | {{Vs|2}} Though, like the wanderer, | ||
The sun gone down, | The sun gone down, | ||
Darkness be over me, | Darkness be over me, | ||
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Yet in my dreams I'd be | Yet in my dreams I'd be | ||
Nearer, my God, to Thee, | Nearer, my God, to Thee, | ||
Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | ||
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3 | {{Vs|3}} There let my way appear | ||
Steps into heaven, | Steps into heaven, | ||
All that Thou send'st to me | All that Thou send'st to me | ||
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Angels to beckon me | Angels to beckon me | ||
Nearer, my God, to Thee, | Nearer, my God, to Thee, | ||
Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | ||
{{ | {{Vs|4}} Then, with my waking thoughts | ||
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Bright with Thy praise, | Bright with Thy praise, | ||
Out of my stony griefs | Out of my stony griefs | ||
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Nearer, my God, to Thee, | Nearer, my God, to Thee, | ||
Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | ||
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5 | {{Vs|5}} Or if on joyful wing | ||
Cleaving the sky, | Cleaving the sky, | ||
Sun, moon and stars forgot, | Sun, moon and stars forgot, | ||
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Still all my song shall be, | Still all my song shall be, | ||
Nearer, my God, to Thee, | Nearer, my God, to Thee, | ||
Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[[Category:Text pages]] | [[Category:Text pages]] |
Latest revision as of 15:28, 21 November 2020
General information
Lyricist Sarah Flower Adams. Published in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841.
Settings by composers
- Darrell Crowther SATB
- John Bacchus Dykes SATB
- Lowell Mason SATB
- Arthur Sullivan SATB
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley SATB
Text and translations
English text
1 Nearer, my God, to Thee, |
3 There let my way appear |
5 Or if on joyful wing |