by Thomas Rawson Taylor (1807 - 1835)
I'm but a stranger here
Language: English
I'm but a stranger here, Heaven is my home; Earth is a desert drear; Heaven is my home: Danger and sorrow stand Round me on every hand; Heaven is my fatherland, Heaven is my home. What though the tempest rage, Heaven is my home; Short is my pilgrimage, Heaven is my home: And time's wild wintry blast Soon shall be overpast; I shall reach home at last, Heaven is my home. There at my Saviour's side, Heaven is my home; I shall be glorified, Heaven is my home. There are the good and blest, Those I love most and best; And there I too shall rest, Heaven is my home. Therefore I murmur not, Heaven is my home; Whate'er my earthly lot, Heaven is my home: And I shall surely stand There at my Lord's right hand: Heaven is my fatherland, Heaven is my home. Amen.
Confirmed with The Hymnal: Published by the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1895.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Rawson Taylor (1807 - 1835), "I'm but a stranger here" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Carolina Vilhelmina Sandell-Berg (1832 - 1903) ; composed by Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar.
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
- Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-10-23
Line count: 33
Word count: 146