Old Bethel L.M.
By Robert Kelley
- Key
- G major
- Type
- Plain tune
- Time signature
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6
8 - Composed
- 2011
- Text
- Anne Bradstreet upon the burning of her house, 1666
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Text
In silence ever shalt thou lie,
Adieu, Adieu, all’s vanity.
Far be it that I should repine;
It was his own, it was not mine.
He might of all justly bereft
But yet sufficient for us left.
Thou hast a house on high erect
Frameed by that mighty Architect,
There‘s wealth enough, I need no more,
Farewell, my pelf, farewell, my store.
The world no longer let me love,
My hope and treasure lies above.