The phrase "alas" resonates through 19 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
alas
...Who wakes, to sleep no more,
Who knocks and calls, alas, too late,
When death hath shut the door....
Who wakes, to sleep no more,
Who knocks and calls, alas, too late,
When death hath shut the door.
...In wild and sore affright.
Alas! alas! alas!
To whom, in that great day,...
In wild and sore affright.
Alas! alas! alas!
To whom, in that great day,
...start
The smoke alas, must still ascend,
And never will their torment end,...
start
The smoke alas, must still ascend,
And never will their torment end,
...[or, How quick my days have passed away,]
How soon alas, they’re gone!
Life’s gayest scenes decline in haste,...
[or, How quick my days have passed away,]
How soon alas, they’re gone!
Life’s gayest scenes decline in haste,
...Ninety-nine are safely folded—
One, alas! is left behind.
Now the Shepherd climbs the mountain,...
Ninety-nine are safely folded—
One, alas! is left behind.
Now the Shepherd climbs the mountain,
...Be lost in endless night.
Their brightest day, alas, how vain!
With conscious sighs we own;...
Be lost in endless night.
Their brightest day, alas, how vain!
With conscious sighs we own;
...How slothful have I been.
My sands, alas, how fast they run,
How swift my moments fly;...
How slothful have I been.
My sands, alas, how fast they run,
How swift my moments fly;
...The shock is felt no more;
And mercy, now, alas! is scorned
By sinners, as before....
The shock is felt no more;
And mercy, now, alas! is scorned
By sinners, as before.
...In everlasting life.
Absent, alas! from God,
We in the body mourn;...
In everlasting life.
Absent, alas! from God,
We in the body mourn;
...Account to Thee, my Lord.
Much of my time, alas! I’ve lost,
And much have I misspent;...
Account to Thee, my Lord.
Much of my time, alas! I’ve lost,
And much have I misspent;
...Towards thus, what hast thou done?
Alas, alas, Lord Jesus,
My life has been but vain,...
Towards thus, what hast thou done?
Alas, alas, Lord Jesus,
My life has been but vain,
...Some love’s token to return?
But alas, the spark how small!
Scarcely seen at all to glow;...
Some love’s token to return?
But alas, the spark how small!
Scarcely seen at all to glow;
...His race of glory run;
And soon, alas! Yes, all too soon
Shall fade the stars, and yon pale moon....
His race of glory run;
And soon, alas! Yes, all too soon
Shall fade the stars, and yon pale moon.
...And all His threats defy.
Yet here alas! in pain I live,
Where Satan keeps His seat,...
And all His threats defy.
Yet here alas! in pain I live,
Where Satan keeps His seat,
...But give Thyself to me.
Thy gifts, alas! cannot suffice,
Unless Thyself be giv’n,...
But give Thyself to me.
Thy gifts, alas! cannot suffice,
Unless Thyself be giv’n,
...Then their houses are their tombs.
Their lands alas! And they,
Are swept at once away,...
Then their houses are their tombs.
Their lands alas! And they,
Are swept at once away,
...So strongly pleads to save him.
’Twas vain! Alas, ’twas all in vain,
This plea of Gentile stranger;...
So strongly pleads to save him.
’Twas vain! Alas, ’twas all in vain,
This plea of Gentile stranger;
...Fair lot apart from pain.
The life so saved, alas! we lose,
And Rachel mourns her slain....
Fair lot apart from pain.
The life so saved, alas! we lose,
And Rachel mourns her slain.
...Against their hellish god.
Constrained, alas! to hear
His reprobating roar,...
Against their hellish god.
Constrained, alas! to hear
His reprobating roar,
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