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Free same-meter accompaniment for Like Noah's Weary Dove (William Augustus Muhlenberg): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 6 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.

Sung here to ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1Like Noah's weary dove,
  2. That soared the earth around,
  3. But not a resting place above
  4. The cheerless waters found;
  5. 2Oh, cease, my wandering soul,
  6. On restless wings to roam;
  7. All the wide world, to either pole,
  8. Has not for thee a home.
  9. 3Behold the Ark of God,
  10. Behold the open door;
  11. Hasten to gain that dear abode,
  12. And rove, my soul, no more.
  13. 4There, safe thou shalt abide,
  14. There, sweet shall be thy rest,
  15. And every longing satisfied,
  16. With full salvation blest.
  17. 5And, when the waves of ire
  18. Again the earth shall fill,
  19. The Ark shall ride the sea of fire,
  20. Then rest on Sion's hill.
  21. 6Amen.

About this music

ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Like Noah's Weary Dove page.

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