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DROP, DROP, SLOW TEARS

Scripture Verse

She began to wet His feet with her tears. Luke 7:38

Introduction

Words: Phi­ne­as Flet­cher, Po­et­ic­al Mis­cel­la­nies 1633.

Music: Song 46 (Gib­bons) Or­lan­do Gib­bons, 1623 (🔊 ).

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portrait
Orlando Gibbons
(1583–1625)

Lyrics

Drop, drop, slow tears,
And bathe those beau­te­ous feet,
Which brought from Heav’n
The news and Prince of Peace.

Cease not, wet tears,
His mer­cies to en­treat;
To cry for ven­geance:
Sin doth nev­er cease.

In your deep floods
Drown all my faults and fears;
Nor let His eye see
Sin, but through my tears.