When I Can Read My Title Clear
- Words:
- Isaac Watts
- Music:
- Colton, Arranged by Roland Green
Sheet music
- 1When I can read my title clearTo mansions in the skies,(I’ll bid farewell,) I’ll bid farewell,I’ll bid farewell, to ev‘ry fear(I’ll bid farewell, to ev‘ry fear,)And wipe my weeping eyes.
- 2Should earth against my soul engage,And fi’ry darts be hurled;(Then I can smile,) Then I can smile,Then I can smile at Satan’s rage.(Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,)And face a frowning world.
- 3There shall I bathe my weary soulIn seas of heav’nly rest,(And not a wave,) And not a wave,And not a wave of trouble roll(And not a wave of trouble roll)Across my peaceful breast.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1707, the words are in 1,321 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.