One Sweetly Solemn Thought
- Words:
- Phoebe Cary
- Music:
- Philip Phillips
Sheet music
- 1One sweetly solemn tho’tComes to me o’er and o’er;I’m nearer home today, today,Than I’ve been before.Nearer my home, Nearer my home,Nearer my home today, today,Than I have been before.
- 2Nearer the bound of life,Where burdens are laid down;Nearer to leave the cross today,And nearer to the crown.Nearer my home, Nearer my home,Nearer my home today, today,Than I have been before.
- 3Be near me when my feetAre slipping o’er the brink;For I am nearer home today,Perhaps, than now I think.Nearer my home, Nearer my home,Nearer my home today, today,Than I have been before.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1852, the words are in 751 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.