atddta 32:Third Psalter Hymn lyrics

[grladams at teleport.com]

Vaughan Williams, fascinated by the beauty of the music and its anonymous
history in the working lives of ordinary people (wikipedia). Anonymous
history part-- anyone? visitors, dreams of voices you have not yet heard
(Kit)

Vaughan Williams

Third Psalter Hymn
(The words are apparently from an anonymous man, appended to a letter ..
seems like it could have been written by one of OBA's fur henchmen
ancestors!)

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/r/wriftbod.htm 


When rising from the bed of death,
O’erwhelmed with guilt and fear,
I see my Maker face to face,
O how shall I appear?

If yet, while pardon may be found,
And mercy may be sought,
My heart with inward horror shrinks,
And trembles at the thought;

When Thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclosed
In majesty severe,
And sit in judgment on my soul,
O how shall I appear?

But Thou hast told the troubled mind
Who does her sins lament,
The timely tribute of her tears
Shall endless woe prevent.

Then see the sorrow of my heart,
Ere yet it be too late;
And hear my Savior’s dying groans,
To give those sorrows weight.

For never shall my soul despair
Her pardon to procure,
Who knows Thine only Son has died
To make her pardon sure.


Soul is feminine in German, so that's probably why the soul is "she" right?

If this be the lyrics, and 'Pert feels this message, well if Ruperta is
hitting 50 years of age, (Pynchon may be feeling like this too--happy
birthday Thomas Pynchon) or anywhere therabouts, it's natural for her to be
hearing this call, feeling these very things in the hymn. It's about
whether or not you've sought grace like you should've could've-- or in
Pynchon's case, has he revealled all of what we should know to us. This is
a hymn of the gospel. Is there a connection between the Work of the Gospel
and the Work of Against the Day, with an arisen Jesus inspiring works like
the ascended Kieselguhr Kid..

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