like ash­es

The phrase "like ash­es" resonates through 3 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“like ash­es”· 3 hymns found
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Low I kneel, with heart-sub­mis­sion:
And tears are my re­past;
Low I kneel with heart sub­mis­sion,

like ash­es

Help me in my last con­di­tion!
Unpleasant to my taste.
Help me in my last con­di­tion!

Day of Wrath (Faber & Irons)

lyricist: Attributed to Thomas of Celano, 13th Century
Composer: Ferdinand Hiller
Hymn 1

...Low I kneel, with heart-sub­mis­sion:

See, like ash­es, my con­tri­tion:

Help me in my last con­di­tion!...

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Low I kneel, with heart-sub­mis­sion:

See, like ash­es, my con­tri­tion:

Help me in my last con­di­tion!

Day of Wrath (Faber & Irons)

Hear Me O God, nor Hide Thy Face

lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719
Composer: William Croft, 1708
Hymn 2

...And tears are my re­past;

My dai­ly bread like ash­es grows

Unpleasant to my taste....

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And tears are my re­past;

My dai­ly bread like ash­es grows

Unpleasant to my taste.

Hear Me O God, nor Hide Thy Face

Day of Wrath (Irons)

lyricist: Attributed to Thomas of Celano, 13th Century
Composer: John Dykes, 1861
Hymn 3

...Low I kneel with heart sub­mis­sion,

See, like ash­es, my con­tri­tion;

Help me in my last con­di­tion!...

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Low I kneel with heart sub­mis­sion,

See, like ash­es, my con­tri­tion;

Help me in my last con­di­tion!

Day of Wrath (Irons)

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