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Text:Long Ago the Lilies Faded
Author:William G. Tarrant
Tune:BROCKLESBY
Composer:Charlotte Alington Barnard
Media:MIDI file

3897. Long Ago the Lilies Faded

1. Long ago the lilies faded
Which to Jesus seemed so fair,
But the love that bade them blossom
Still is working everywhere.

2. In the fields, and in the valleys,
By the streams we love so well,
There is greater glory blooming,
Than the tongue of man can tell.

3. Long ago in sacred silence
Died the accents of His prayer;
Still the souls that seek the Father
Find His presence everywhere.

4. Let us seek Him, still believing,
He that worketh round us yet,
Clothing lilies in the meadows,
Will His children ne’er forget.

Text Information
First Line: Long ago the lilies faded
Title: Long Ago the Lilies Faded
Author: William G. Tarrant (1890)
Meter: 87.87
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: SANCTUM, Jo­si­ah Booth, 1852-1929
Tune Information
Name: BROCKLESBY
Composer: Charlotte Alington Barnard (1868)
Meter: 87.87
Incipit: 32157 66511 33232
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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