The Shining Light S.M.D.
By Robert Kelley
- Key
- F major
- Type
- Fuging tune
- Time signature
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4
4 - Composed
- 2009
- Text
- William Cowper, 1779
Description
Text
My former hopes are fled,
My terror now begins;
I feel, alas! that I am dead
In trespasses and sins.
Ah, whither shall I fly?
I hear the thunder roar;
The Law proclaims Destruction nigh,
And Vengeance at the door.
When I review my ways,
I dread impending doom:
But sure a friendly whisper says,
"Flee from the wrath to come."
[I see, or think I see,
A glimm'ring from afar;
A beam of day, that shines for me,
To save me from despair.]
Fore-runner of the sun,
It marks the pilgrim's way;
I'll gaze upon it while I run,
And watch the rising day.