The widow’s only son - Webb, George J.

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"Although the text is somewhat devotional in nature, this song was not specifically sacred nor church music."

◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Besetzung → SATB ¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 8

CPDL Nr. 79179

Bearbeiter David Anderson

Veröffentlicht 2024-02-18

Lizenz Personal

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She wrapped her in her sable cloak, And walked beside the sea; But seldom of her sorrow spoke,— Too full of grief was she! ’Twas this that made her heart so sad, To view the ocean wide: The only son, that widow had, Went out to sea and died. And often, when she marked a ship With full, returning sail, The color would forsake her lip, And speech and sight would fail. For, O! she thought about the one That spread its canvass white, To waft away her only son Forever from her sight! But still, amid the bitter grief Which wrung that widow’s heart, Her spirit felt the sweet relief That faith and hope impart. She knew her son had ever kept The path to heavenly rest— That, when he sank in death, he slept Upon a Saviour’s breast. She then would lift her languid eye And send her thoughts above, Where angel voices sound on high, Their songs of praise and love. “My heavenly Father,” she would say, “The deep and troubled sea But holds from me the precious clay: My child’s at home with thee!”