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Canaan's Land 101t

The Sacred Harp, 1991 (Denson) Edition

Composer: Elisha J. King, 1844
Alto: Christian Harmony, 1867
Poet: Lloyd's Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1811
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
O for a breeze of heav'nly love
To waft my soul away
To that celestial world above,
Where pleasures ne'er decay.
Eternal Spirit, deign to be
My pilot here below,
To steer thro' life's tempestuous sea,
Where stormy winds do blow.
O FOR a breeze of heav'nly love,, Stanzas 1 & 2