Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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168 Cowper

Tune: Oliver Holden, 1803

Words: William Cowper, 1779

Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)

Forgive the song that falls so low,
Beneath the gratitude I owe.
It means Thy praise however poor,
An angel’s song can do no more.

Great God, and wilt Thou condescend
To be my Father and my Friend.
I, a poor child, and thou, so high.
The Lord of earth, and air and sky.