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Text:Resignation
Author:Emma A. Tiffany
Tune:[I stood face to face with a sorrow]
Composer:Adam Geibel
Media:MIDI file

5774. Resignation

1. I stood face to face with a sorrow,
That threatened my bark to o’erwhelm,
But peace floated in in the morrow,
My Father was guiding the helm.
My Father was guiding the helm,
My Father was guiding the helm,
But peace floated in in the morrow,
My Father was guiding the helm.

2. I rode o’er a tempest rocked billow,
Which threatened my life to o’erwhelm,
But I sweetly slept on my pillow,
My Father was guiding the helm.
My Father was guiding the helm,
My Father was guiding the helm,
But I sweetly slept on my pillow,
My Father was guiding the helm.

3. O’er my soul death’s shadows were creeping,
That threatened my faith to o’erwhelm,
But the angels a vigil were keeping,
My Father was guiding the helm.
My Father was guiding the helm,
My Father was guiding the helm,
But the angels a vigil were keeping,
My Father was guiding the helm.

Text Information
First Line: I stood face to face with a sorrow
Title: Resignation
Author: Emma A. Tiffany (1898)
Language: English
Source: Fairer Than Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George C. Hugg, 1903), number 98
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [I stood face to face with a sorrow]
Composer: Adam Geibel
Incipit: 55111 12365 12222
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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