By ev­il beast

The phrase "By ev­il beast" resonates through 2 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“By ev­il beast”· 2 hymns found
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With eye that nev­er sleeps.
Lest their sheep, so weak and help­less,

By ev­il beast

Or damp of mid­night air—
Haply, through their long night-watch­es,

There Is a Little Lonely Fold

Lyricist: Maria Saffery, 1834
Composer: Anonymous
Hymn 1

...With eye that nev­er sleeps.

By ev­il beast, or burn­ing sky,

Or damp of mid­night air—...

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With eye that nev­er sleeps.

By ev­il beast, or burn­ing sky,

Or damp of mid­night air—

There Is a Little Lonely Fold

In the Country Nigh to Bethlehem

Lyricist: Kate Bartlett, ca. 1878
Composer: Gertrude Hine
Hymn 2

...Lest their sheep, so weak and help­less,

Should by ev­il beasts be torn.

Haply, through their long night-watch­es,...

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Lest their sheep, so weak and help­less,

Should by ev­il beasts be torn.

Haply, through their long night-watch­es,

In the Country Nigh to Bethlehem

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