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EISENACH. (L.M.) (
symbol characters) = 69.
Melody by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630). Harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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See also Hesperus, No. 141.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894).
O LOVE Divine! that stoop' st to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear,
On thee we cast each earth-born care.
We smile at pain while thou art near.
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear,
On thee we cast each earth-born care.
We smile at pain while thou art near.
Though long the weary way we tread,
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, thou art near.
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, thou art near.
When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf.
Shall softly tell us thou art near.
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf.
Shall softly tell us thou art near.
On thee we fling our burdening woe,
Love Divine, for ever dear ;
Content to suffer while we know,
Living or dying, thou art near!
Love Divine, for ever dear ;
Content to suffer while we know,
Living or dying, thou art near!
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