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Text:Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast still'd
Author:Johann Wilhelm Meinhold, D. D.
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:SAXONY (Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht)
Composer:Andreas Hammerschmidt

447. Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast still'd

1 Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast still'd
Now Thy little lamb’s last weeping;
Ah! how peaceful, pale and mild
In its narrow bed ’tis sleeping!
And no sigh of anguish sore
Heaves that little bosom more.

2 In this world of care and pain,
Lord, Thou wouldst no longer leave it;
To the sunny heavenly plain
Dost Thou now in joy receive it;
Clothed in robes of spotless white,
Now it dwells with Thee in light.

Text Information
First Line: Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast still'd
Author: Johann Wilhelm Meinhold, D. D. (1835)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
Meter: No. 22
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Consummation: Death and Burial
Notes: Now Public Domain. From the German text: Giter Jorte. di jast gesto;;t
Tune Information
Name: SAXONY (Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht)
Composer: Andreas Hammerschmidt (1658)
Meter: No. 22
Key: C Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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