Edgefield 82b

[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: Jesse T. White, 1844
Poet: John Newton, 1779
Meter: 8s (8,8,8,8)

		Stanza		Poetry Source by First Line
1		How tedious and tasteless the hours When Jesus no longer I see! Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow'rs, Have lost all their sweetness to me.		How tedious and tasteless the hours,, Stanza 1 (Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4)
2		His name yields the sweetest perfume, And sweeter than music His voice; His presence disperses my gloom, And makes all within me rejoice.		How tedious and tasteless the hours,, Stanza 2 (Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4)