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My heart lies dead, and no increase

My heart lies dead, and no increase

Author: George Herbert
Published in 19 hymnals

Representative Text

1 My heart lies dead; and no increase
Doth my dull husbandry improve:
Oh, let thy graces, without cease,
Drop from above.

2 Thy dew doth every morning fall:
And shall the dew outstrip thy Dove?--
The dew for which earth cannot call,
Drop from above!

3 The world is tempting still my heart
Unto a hardness void of love;
Let heavenly grace, to cross its art
Drop from above!

4 Oh, come; for thou dost know the way!
Or if to me thou wilt not move,
Remove me where I need not say,
"Drop from above!"

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient and modern #627

Author: George Herbert

Herbert, George, M.A., the fifth son of Richard Herbert and Magdalen, the daughter of Sir Richard Newport, was born at his father's seat, Montgomery Castle, April 3, 1593. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1611. On March 15, 1615, he became Major Fellow of the College, M.A. the same year, and in 1619 Orator for the University. Favoured by James I., intimate with Lord Bacon, Bishop Andrewes, and other men of influence, and encouraged in other ways, his hopes of Court preferment were somewhat bright until they were dispelled by the deaths of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Hamilton, and then of King James himself. Retiring into Kent, he formed the resolution of taking Holy Orders… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My heart lies dead, and no increase
Author: George Herbert
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

My stock lies dead, and no increase. G. Herbert. [Divine Grace Desired.] Appeared in his posthumous work The Temple, 1633 (ed. Chandos Classics, 1887, p. 107), in 6 stanzas of 3 lines, with the refrain "Drop from above!" It is given in its original form in a few collections, and again in several American hymnals, as "My heart lies dead, and no increase." It is a sweetly pathetic hymn for private devotion.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Notes

My stock lies dead, and no increase. G. Herbert. [Divine Grace Desired.] Appeared in his posthumous work The Temple, 1633 (ed. Chandos Classics, 1887, p. 107), in 6 stanzas of 3 lines, with the refrain "Drop from above!" It is given in its original form in a few collections, and again in several American hymnals, as "My heart lies dead, and no increase." It is a sweetly pathetic hymn for private devotion.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 19 of 19)

Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d106

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Hymns for Public Worship #200

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #331

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #331

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Hymns of the Ages #165

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Laudes Domini #627

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #13

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Plymouth Collection #a754

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #754

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #637

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #637

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #637

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Songs for the Sanctuary #637

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Songs for the Sanctuary #637

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Songs for the Sanctuary #637

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Songs of the Church #997

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #754

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The New Laudes Domini #639

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