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Lisnamurrican L.M.

By Matthew Parkinson

Key
A major
Time signature
3
2
Composed
2022
Text
Isaac Watts, 1707

Text

When I survey the wondrous cross,
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ, my God;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.

See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a off'ring far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my heart, my life, my all.