As o’er the past my memory strays

From Oremus Hymnal

As o'er the past my memory strays,
why heaves the secret sigh?
‘Tis that I mourn departed days,
still unprepared to die.

The world and worldly things beloved,
my anxious thoughts employed;
and time unhallowed, unimproved,
presents a fearful void.

Yet, holy Father, wild despair
chase from my laboring breast;
thy grace it is which prompts the prayer,
that grace can do the rest.

My life's brief remnant all be thine;
and when thy sure decree
bids me this fleeting breath resign,
O speed my soul to thee.

Contents 1 Historical Notes 2 Author 3 Meter 4 Sound Files 5 Other Comments 6 Sources 6.1 Hymnal, Number, Tune(s)

Historical Notes

Author

Thomas Fanshaw Middleton (died 1822)

Meter

CM

Sound Files

Naomi

Other Comments

Sources

Hymnal, Number, Tune(s)

Hymnal	Number	Tunes Used
Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826	51
The Church Hymnal, 1871 (Hall & Whiteley)	61	Naomi
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Goodrich & Gilbert)	61	Eckardtsheim
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Tucker & Rousseau)	61	Hersal
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Hutchins)	61	Eckardtsheim