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’Tis midnight; and on Olive’s brow The star is dimmed that lately shone; ’Tis midnight, in the garden, now, The suffering Saviour prays alone. ’Tis midnight; and from all removed, The Saviour wrestles lone, with fears; E’en that disciple whom He loved Heeds not his Master’s grief and tears. ’Tis midnight; and for others’ guilt The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood; Yet He that hath in anguish knelt, Is not forsaken by His God. ’Tis midnight; and from ether plains Is borne the song that angels know; Unheard by mortals are the strains That sweetly soothe the Saviour’s woe.
’Tis midnight; and on Olive’s brow The star is dimmed that lately shone; ’Tis midnight, in the garden, now, The suffering Saviour prays alone. ’Tis midnight; and from all removed, The Saviour wrestles lone, with fears; E’en that disciple whom He loved Heeds not his Master’s grief and tears. ’Tis midnight; and for others’ guilt The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood; Yet He that hath in anguish knelt, Is not forsaken by His God. ’Tis midnight; and from ether plains Is borne the song that angels know; Unheard by mortals are the strains That sweetly soothe the Saviour’s woe.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- W. B. Tappan (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 523 · printed citation: W. B. Tappan · subject: SAVIOUR
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