by George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
The God of Love My Shepherd Is
Language: English
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The God of love my Shepherd is, And He that doth me feed; While He is mine and I am His, What can I [want]1 or need? He leads me to the tender grass, Where I both feed and rest; Then to the streams that gently pass: In both I have the best. Or if I stray, He doth convert, And [bring]2 my mind in frame, And all this not for my desert, But for His holy Name. Yea, in death's shady black abode Well may I walk, not fear; For Thou art with me, and Thy rod To guard, Thy staff to bear. Surely Thy sweet and wondrous love Shall measure all my days; And as it never shall remove So neither shall my praise.
G. Dyson sets stanzas 1, 4-5
1 Dyson: "lack"
2 Conte: "keep"
Text Authorship:
- by George Herbert (1593 - 1633), appears in The Temple, first published 1663 [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 David Conte (b. 1955), "The God of Love My Shepherd Is", published 1998 [ soprano, organ ], from Songs of Consolation, no. 2, Boston, E. C. Schirmer Music Company Confirmed with a score [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by George Dyson (1883 - 1964), "Dear stream! dear bank, where often...", from Quo Vadis: a Cycle of Poems, no. 6
Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , George Miller [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-24
Line count: 20
Word count: 128