[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
[Previous] [Next]

The Lovely Story 104

The Sacred Harp, 1991 (Denson) Edition

Composer: Arr. Elisha J. King, 1844
Alto: Miss Minnie Floyd, 1902
Poet: Mercer's Cluster, 1810
Meter: 8s Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)
Stanza Poetry Source by First Line
1
A story most lovely I'll tell,
Of Jesus (O wondrous surprise),
He suffered the torments of hell,
That sinners, vile sinners may rise;
He left His exalted abode,
When man by transgressions was lost,
Appeasing the wrath of a God,
He shed forth His blood as the cost.
A story most lovely I'll tell,, Stanza 1
2
Oh did my dear Jesus thus bleed,
And pity a ruined lost race;
Oh whence did such mercy proceed,
Such boundless compassion and grace?
His body bore anguish and pain,
His spirit most sunk with the load,
A short time before He was slain,
His sweat was as great drops of blood.
A story most lovely I'll tell,, Stanza 2