Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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467 Lisbon

Words: Isaac Watts, 1707

Music: Daniel Read, 1785

Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)

Welcome, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast
And these rejoicing eyes.

My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
And sit and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss.