Drop, drop, sweet tears
Orlando Gibbons
Drop, drop, slow tears,
And bathe those beauteous feet,
Which brought from heaven
The news and Prince of peace.
Cease not, wet eyes,
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.
Notes
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
A choirboy at King's College, Cambridge, he became organist of the Chapel Royal of James I at the age of 21 and later of Westminster Abbey. He was a notable keyboard executant and as a composer left much dignified church music.
Other songs by this Composer:
- O Lord, in thy wrath Orlando Gibbons
- This is the record of John Orlando Gibbons
- See, the Word is incarnate Orlando Gibbons
- Hosanna to the Son of David Orlando Gibbons
- Almighty and everlasting God Orlando Gibbons
