The phrase "couch" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...And screened from frozen sky.
But Babe benign! No couch is Thine,
Save lowly manger stall,...
And screened from frozen sky.
But Babe benign! No couch is Thine,
Save lowly manger stall,
...To greet the day when Christ was born,
In humble couch to lie.
Long years ago this very day...
To greet the day when Christ was born,
In humble couch to lie.
Long years ago this very day
...Heav’nly Shepherd, lead Thy charge,
And my couch with tend’rest care,
’Mid the springing grass prepare....
Heav’nly Shepherd, lead Thy charge,
And my couch with tend’rest care,
’Mid the springing grass prepare.
...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,
...Once they were mourning here below,
And wet their couch with tears:
They wrestled hard, as we do now,...
Once they were mourning here below,
And wet their couch with tears:
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
...To him who ailing lies,
That from his couch he may
With thankful heart arise;...
To him who ailing lies,
That from his couch he may
With thankful heart arise;
...Around him multiply their dead.
Or if he languish on his couch,
God will pronounce his sins forgiv’n;...
Around him multiply their dead.
Or if he languish on his couch,
God will pronounce his sins forgiv’n;
...This mould is smoothly strewn;
No couch of flowers more softly spread—
Come, make this grave thine own....
This mould is smoothly strewn;
No couch of flowers more softly spread—
Come, make this grave thine own.
...Right and left along the way,
At the home hearth, by the sick couch,
Here and there, where’er we stray?...
Right and left along the way,
At the home hearth, by the sick couch,
Here and there, where’er we stray?
...Almighty as of yore,
In crowded street, by restless couch,
As by Gennesaret’s shore....
Almighty as of yore,
In crowded street, by restless couch,
As by Gennesaret’s shore.
...Far from these shades of even—
A couch for weary mortals spread,
Where they may rest the aching head...
Far from these shades of even—
A couch for weary mortals spread,
Where they may rest the aching head
...Remember on our pilgrim way,
On downy couch, or prison cot,
In good or ill, to praise and pray....
Remember on our pilgrim way,
On downy couch, or prison cot,
In good or ill, to praise and pray.
...This wonderful stranger,
His couch is a manger,
His cradle is made with the cattle in stall;...
This wonderful stranger,
His couch is a manger,
His cradle is made with the cattle in stall;
...Gloria in excelsis Deo.
But in a poor stable their couch was made,
And low in a manger the Babe was laid....
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
But in a poor stable their couch was made,
And low in a manger the Babe was laid.
...And the ebon arch is sprung,
O’er the shaded couch of death so still,
Then the Lord will light the scene...
And the ebon arch is sprung,
O’er the shaded couch of death so still,
Then the Lord will light the scene
...And the ebon arch is sprung,
O’er the shaded couch of death so still,
Then the Lord will light the scene...
And the ebon arch is sprung,
O’er the shaded couch of death so still,
Then the Lord will light the scene
...My flesh with pain oppressed;
My couch is witness to my tears,
My tears forbid my rest....
My flesh with pain oppressed;
My couch is witness to my tears,
My tears forbid my rest.
...And know He still is near;
O ye who o’er the couch of death
Your lonely watch have kept,...
And know He still is near;
O ye who o’er the couch of death
Your lonely watch have kept,
...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;
...In the shade of the forest tree;
But Thy couch was the sod,
O Thou Son of God,...
In the shade of the forest tree;
But Thy couch was the sod,
O Thou Son of God,
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