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==General information==
==General information==
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This is an hymn by [[John Newton]], his Hymn 46, entitled ''None on earth I desire besides thee'', published 1779, with four stanzas.


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==Text and translations==
==Text and translations==
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How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see;
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers,
Have lost all their sweetness with me.
The mid–summer sun shines but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in Him,
December’s as pleasant as May.


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His name yields the richest perfume,
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And sweeter than music his voice;
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His presence disperses my gloom,
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And makes all within me rejoice:
I should, were he always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal so happy as I,
My summer would last all the year.}}
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Content with beholding his face,
My all to his pleasure resigned;
No changes of season or place,
Would make any change in my mind:
While blessed with a sense of his love,
A palace a toy would appear;
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.


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Dear Lord, if indeed I am thine,
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If thou art my sun and my song;
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Say, why do I languish and pine,
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And why are my winters so long?
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O drive these dark clouds from my sky,
Thy soul–cheering presence restore;
Or take me unto thee on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.}}
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==External links ==
==External links ==

Revision as of 02:43, 6 July 2016

General information

This is an hymn by John Newton, his Hymn 46, entitled None on earth I desire besides thee, published 1779, with four stanzas.

Settings by composers

 

Text and translations

English.png English text

How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see;
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers,
Have lost all their sweetness with me.
The mid–summer sun shines but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in Him,
December’s as pleasant as May.

His name yields the richest perfume,
And sweeter than music his voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice:
I should, were he always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal so happy as I,
My summer would last all the year.

 

Content with beholding his face,
My all to his pleasure resigned;
No changes of season or place,
Would make any change in my mind:
While blessed with a sense of his love,
A palace a toy would appear;
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.

Dear Lord, if indeed I am thine,
If thou art my sun and my song;
Say, why do I languish and pine,
And why are my winters so long?
O drive these dark clouds from my sky,
Thy soul–cheering presence restore;
Or take me unto thee on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.

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