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The Last Words of Copernicus 112

The Sacred Harp, 2012 Revised Cooper Edition

Composer: Miss Sarah Lancaster, 1870
Alto: Miss Minnie Floyd, 1902
Poet: Philip Doddridge, 1755
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
Ye golden lamps of heav'n, farewell,
With all your feeble light,
Farewell, thou ever changing moon,
Pale empress of the night.
And thou, refulgent orb of day,
In brighter flames arrayed,
My soul which springs beyond thy sphere,
No more demands thy aid.
YE golden Lamps of Heav'n, farewel [sic],, Stanzas 1 & 2