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Let others boast how strong they be,
Nor death nor danger fear;
But we'll confess, O Lord, to thee,
What feeble things we are.
Fresh as the grass our bodies stand,
And flourish bright and gay;
A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land,
And fades the grass away.
Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone;
Strange, that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long!
But 'tis our God supports our frame,
The God that made us first:
Salvation to the Almighty name
That reared us from the dust.
He spoke, and straight our hearts and brains
In all their motions rose;
"Let blood," said he, "flow round the veins,"
And round the veins it flows.
While we have breath, or use our tongues,
Our Maker we'll adore;
His Spirit moves our heaving lungs,
Or they would breathe no more.
---Alternative verses---
But ‘tis our God supports our frame,
The God who formed us first;
Praise be to his Almighty name,
That reared us from the dust.
But 'tis our God supports our frame,
The God that built us first:
Salvation to the Almighty name
That reared us from the dust.
While we have breath, or life, or tongues,
Our Maker we’ll adore;
His Spirit moves our heaving lungs
Or they would breathe no more.
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 2005 | # 418 | | 1851 | # 448 | | | # 19 | | 1866 | # 1165 |
MUSIC
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TALLIS' ORDINAL
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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c. 1567
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Key
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| # 172 | D | | # 310 | D | | # 304 | D | | # 607 | D | | # 78 | D | | # 208 | D | | # 332 | Eb | | # 459 | Eb | | # 73 | Eb | | # 72 | Eb | | # 508 | Eb | | # 77 | E | | # 385 | E |
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) |
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