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Gray Court C.M.

By Robert Kelley

Key
C minor
Type
Part song
Time signature
4
4
Composed
2010
Text
Samuel Stennett, 1787

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Text

And have I, Christ, no love for thee, 

  No passion for thy charms? 

No wish my Saviour's face to see, 

  And dwell within his arms? 

 

Is there no spark of gratitude 

  No this cold heart of mine, 

To him whose generous bosom glow'd

  With friendship all divine? 

 

Can I pronounce his charming name, 

  His acts of kindness tell; 

And, while I dwell upon the theme, 

  No sweet emotion feel? 

 

Such bane ingratitude as this 

  What heart but must detest! 

Sure Christ deserves the noblest place 

  In every human breast.