Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep (John Bacchus Dykes)
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CPDL #22183: Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2010-08-23). Score information: A4, 1 page, 17 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Tune: St Aëlred
Lyricist: Godfrey Thring
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 83
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard
Published:
Description: From the Church Hymnary, 1927
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Original text and translations
English text
1.
Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep,
Watch did Thine anxious servants keep,
But Thou wast wrapt in guileless sleep,
Calm and still.
2.
'Save, Lord, we perish,' was their cry,
'O save is in our agony!'
Thy word above the storm rose high,
'Peace, be still.'
3.
The wild winds hushed, the angry deep
Sank like a little child to sleep,
The sullen billows ceased to leap,
At Thy will.
4.
So when our life is clouded o'er,
And storm-winds drift us from the shore,
Say, lest we sink to rise no more,
'Peace, be still.'