Never Weather Beaten Sail (1910) - Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Harvard University Choir Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor David von Behren, organ from December 8, 2024 Service Harvard Memorial Church Cambridge, Massachusetts Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore, Never tired pilgrim limbs affected slumber more, Than my weary sprite now longs to fly out of my troubled breast: O come quickly, sweetest Lord, and take my soul to rest! Ever blooming are the joys of heav’n’s high paradise, Cold age deafs not there our ears nor vapor dims our eyes: Glory there the sun outshines; whose beams the blessed only see: O come quickly, glorious Lord, and raise my sprite to thee. -Thomas Campion (1567–1620), alt.