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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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{{Vs|3}} There let my way appear | {{Vs|3}} There let my way appear | ||
Steps into heaven, | Steps into heaven, | ||
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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 | {{Vs|4}} Then, with my waking thoughts | ||
Bright with Thy praise, | Bright with Thy praise, | ||
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Nearer, my God, to Thee, | Nearer, my God, to Thee, | ||
Nearer to Thee. | Nearer to Thee. | ||
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{{Vs|5}} Or if on joyful wing | {{Vs|5}} Or if on joyful wing | ||
Cleaving the sky, | Cleaving the sky, | ||
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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 |