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Oh for a song, a fair new song
Of praise, and joy, and love!
To reach the hearts
of earth�s sad throng,
And lift to heaven above�
Of praise like the praise
that the angels bring:
Of joy like the joy of the birds;
Of the love in our hearts
for the Christ our King�
Love ever too deep for words.
Of for a song, a fair new song,
That ne�er was sung before!
To sing to Him to whom belong
Our praises evermore�
A song like the echo
from harps above,
Dropped down from the city of gold;
Yea, a song of the joy,
and the praise, and love,
That ne�er hath been sung or told.
Oh, who shall sing
this fair new song,
Or make its chords complete�
All notes of love,
in souls that throng,
And place before His feet
All fadeless the flowers
in His pathway strewn,
The pathway of Jesus our King;
Help us, Lord! For alas,
sadly out of tune
Are the hearts which
the song would sing.
Oh, help us, Lord,
who knowest all!
We cannot sing or speak;
The clearest notes our lips let fall
Seem e�er too cold and weak:
Though sweet are the strains
which our songs have rung
From earth to the city of gold.
Yet His fulness of glory
we never have sung�
The half ne�er hath yet been told.
Such songs as angels
ne�er can bring,
The joy more pure than birds;
The love we bear
for Christ our King�
�Tis far too deep for words.
Be still, heart of mine!
We must wait awhile,
Thy God will attune thee ere long;
Then in heaven thou shalt sing
in the Master�s smile
For ever the fair new song!
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