by Samuel Johnson (1822 - 1882)
Life of Ages
Language: English
Life of ages, richly poured, Love of God, unspent and free, Flowing in the prophet’s word, And the people’s liberty; Breathing in the thinker’s creed; Pulsing in the hero’s blood; Nerving simplest thought and deed; Freshening time with truth and good; Consecrating art and song, Holy book and pilgrim track; Hurling floods of [tyrant]1 wrong From the sacred limits back— Life of ages, richly poured, Love of God, unspent and free, Flow still in the prophet’s word, And the people’s liberty!
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1 Fax: "tyrants"
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1 Fax: "tyrants"
Text Authorship:
- by Samuel Johnson (1822 - 1882) [author's text not yet checked 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):
- by Mark Fax (1911 - 1974), "Life of Ages", 1963, copyright © 1988 [ voice and organ ], from Three Sacred Songs, no. 3, Manuscript, 1963 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2024-04-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 82