Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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168 Cowper

Words: v. 1 William Cowper, 1779. v. 2 Ann Taylor, 1808

Music: Oliver Holden, 1803

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!