by Augustus Montague Toplady (1740 - 1778)
Rock of ages
Language: English
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, O let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy side, a healing flood, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. Should my tears forever flow, Should my zeal no languor know, All for sin could not atone, Thou must save, and Thou alone; In my hand no price I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling, To Thy cross I cling. While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyelids close in Death, When I rise to worlds unknown, And see Thee on Thy Judgment Throne, When I rise to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy Judgment Throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.
Note: there is also a four-stanza version of this text.
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
Authorship:
- by Augustus Montague Toplady (1740 - 1778) [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Rock of ages" [contralto and organ or piano], from the collection Eleven Songs and Two Harmonizations, no. 10. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-29
Line count: 27
Word count: 165