Sharpsburg 39b

[Main] [Poetry Index]* [Poets] 1991 Denson Revision: [Titles] [Pages] [First Lines]* 2012 Cooper Revision: [Titles] [Pages] [First Lines]*
* Index of the First Line of Each Stanza, the Fifth Line of Eight Line Stanzas, and the First Line of the Chorus

Composer: John Palmer Rees and J. A. Z. Shell, 1869
Alto: Seaborn McDaniel Denson, 1911
Poet: Philip Doddridge, 1755
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

	Stanza	Poetry Source by First Line
1	Blest Jesus while in mortal flesh I hold my frail abode Still would my spirit rest on Thee, My Savior and my God.	My Jesus, while in mortal Flesh, Stanza 1
2	On Thy dear cross I fix my eyes, My trust on Thee complete, Till love dissolves my inmost soul At my Redeemer's feet.	My Jesus, while in mortal Flesh, Stanza 4
3	Be dead my heart, to worldly charms, Be dead to ev'ry sin; And tell the boldest foe without That Jesus reigns within.	My Jesus, while in mortal Flesh, Stanza 5