Since Without Thee We Do No Good
- Words:
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Music:
- John B. Dykes
Sheet music
- 1Since without Thee we do no good,And with Thee do no ill,Abide with us in weal and woe;In action and in will.In weal– that while our lips confessThe Lord who gives, we mayRemember, with an humble thought,The Lord Who takes away.
- 2In woe– that while to drowning tearsOur hearts their joys resign,We may remember Who can turnSuch water into wine.By hours of day– that when our feetO’er hill and valley run,We still may think the light of truthMore welcome than the sun.
- 3By hours of night– that when the airIts dew and shadow yields,We still may hear the voice of GodIn silence of the fields.Abide with us, abide with us,While flesh and soul agree;And when our flesh is only dust,Abide our souls with Thee.Amen.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 7 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.