We found "myrtle" used in 9 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
myrtle
...The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God;
The rose and the myrtle will suddenly bloom,
The olive of peace spread its branches abroad....
The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God;
The rose and the myrtle will suddenly bloom,
The olive of peace spread its branches abroad.
...And makes a wretched thorn, like me,
Bloom as the myrtle, or the rose.
Dear fountain of delight unknown!...
And makes a wretched thorn, like me,
Bloom as the myrtle, or the rose.
Dear fountain of delight unknown!
...Ring your sweetest Christmas bells!
Olive, myrtle, pine and laurel,
Weave in beauteous garlands fair;...
Ring your sweetest Christmas bells!
Olive, myrtle, pine and laurel,
Weave in beauteous garlands fair;
...O, pluck the fresh green of the wood;
The box and the myrtle entwine;
Adorn the fair place of the Lord;...
O, pluck the fresh green of the wood;
The box and the myrtle entwine;
Adorn the fair place of the Lord;
...Meadow and mountain and forest and sea;
Sweet is the fragrance of myrtle and pine,
Sweeter the incense we offer to thee,...
Meadow and mountain and forest and sea;
Sweet is the fragrance of myrtle and pine,
Sweeter the incense we offer to thee,
...Instead of thorn and thistle,
See myrtle deck the way
Where the Shepherd feeds and gently leads...
Instead of thorn and thistle,
See myrtle deck the way
Where the Shepherd feeds and gently leads
...Go ye to the forest,
Where the myrtles grow,
Where the pine and laurel...
Go ye to the forest,
Where the myrtles grow,
Where the pine and laurel
...Come to heal thy leprous brine,
To return thy palm and myrtle,
Olive’s fruit and joyous vine....
Come to heal thy leprous brine,
To return thy palm and myrtle,
Olive’s fruit and joyous vine.
...As sacred is that ocean cave,
Where weeds instead of myrtles wave;
As near to God that unknown grave,...
As sacred is that ocean cave,
Where weeds instead of myrtles wave;
As near to God that unknown grave,
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