How tedious and tasteless the hours
How tedious and tasteless the hours. John Newton* (1725-1807).
From Olney Hymns (1779), Book I, ‘On select Texts of Scripture’, headed ‘ None upon earth I desire besides thee. Psal. lxxiii. 25.’ It had four stanzas:
How tedious and tasteless the hours, When Jesus no longer I see; Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow’rs, Have lost all their sweetness with me: That mid-summer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in him, December’s as pleasant as May.
His name yields the richest perfume, And sweeter than music his voice; His presence disperses my gloom, And makes all within me rejoice: I should, were he always thus nigh, Have...
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