| Text: | Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish |
| Author (stanza 3): | Thomas Hastings |
| Author (stanzas 1 and 2): | Thomas Moore |
| Tune: | ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER |
1 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish;
Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel:
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,
"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure."
3 Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, pure from above;
Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish |
| Author (stanzas 1 and 2): | Thomas Moore (1816) |
| Author (stanza 3): | Thomas Hastings (1831) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1917 |
| Topic: | The Christian Life: Cross and Comfort |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER |
| Meter: | 11 10, 11 10 |
| Key: | C Major |
| Source: | Adapted from Samuel Webbe, 1792 |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |