The phrase "couch" resonates through 8 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Oh, you are beautiful, my beloved;
Indeed, pleasant! Indeed, our couch is green.
Rise up, my love, my beauty,...
Oh, you are beautiful, my beloved;
Indeed, pleasant! Indeed, our couch is green.
Rise up, my love, my beauty,
...Christ will make His seeking lover
Pillar, couch, and palanquin,
E’en a crown, His boast and glory;...
Christ will make His seeking lover
Pillar, couch, and palanquin,
E’en a crown, His boast and glory;
...The household stuff lies heaped amidst the gloom,
The table empty stands, the couch undressed;
Ah, what a welcome for th’ Eternal Guest!...
The household stuff lies heaped amidst the gloom,
The table empty stands, the couch undressed;
Ah, what a welcome for th’ Eternal Guest!
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Sitting in an ordinary home on the couch,
Feasting on the Christ that’s growing in all the saints;...
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Sitting in an ordinary home on the couch,
Feasting on the Christ that’s growing in all the saints;
...As child upon its mother’s breast;
No silken couch, nor softest bed,
Could ever give me such deep rest....
As child upon its mother’s breast;
No silken couch, nor softest bed,
Could ever give me such deep rest.
...In the shade of the forest tree;
But Thy couch was the sod, O Thou Son of God,
In the deserts of Galilee:...
In the shade of the forest tree;
But Thy couch was the sod, O Thou Son of God,
In the deserts of Galilee:
...What fragrance sweet ascends!
Behold His couch . . . (O, can this be?)
E’en midst the fearsome night . . ....
What fragrance sweet ascends!
Behold His couch . . . (O, can this be?)
E’en midst the fearsome night . . .
...All our natural will suppress.
You desire a couch to rest on—
We become a rest to Thee;...
All our natural will suppress.
You desire a couch to rest on—
We become a rest to Thee;
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