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Text:Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings
Author:Robert Seagrave (1693-1759)
Tune:AMSTERDAM (Foundery Collection)
Composer:James Nares (1715-1783)

630. Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings

1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things toward heaven, thy native place;
Sun, and moon, and stars decay; time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away to seats prepared above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run, nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun; both speed them to their source;
So a soul that’s born of God, longs to view His glorious face,
Forward tends to His abode to rest in His embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn; press onward to the prize;
Soon our Savior will return, triumphant in the skies;
Yet a season, and you know happy entrance will be given,
All our sorrows left below, and earth exchanged for heaven.

Text Information
First Line: Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings
Title: Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings
Author: Robert Seagrave (1693-1759) (1742)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Christan Life: Pilgrimage
Tune Information
Name: AMSTERDAM (Foundery Collection)
Composer: James Nares (1715-1783)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6.
Incipit: 15123 23456 54321
Key: F Major or modal
Source: from the Foundery Collection 1742



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