The phrase "scorched" resonates through 4 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
scorched
...But ill repays the sower’s toil,
Soon withered, scorched, and dead.
The thorny ground is sure to balk...
But ill repays the sower’s toil,
Soon withered, scorched, and dead.
The thorny ground is sure to balk
...Your summits rise all verdureless,
Scorched by its hot and hellish breath.
Yon sea! its molten silver spreads,...
Your summits rise all verdureless,
Scorched by its hot and hellish breath.
Yon sea! its molten silver spreads,
...Darkness still darkens; nearer now and nearer
The lightnings gleam; the sea’s scorched billows moan;
And the sere leaf of earth is growing serer;...
Darkness still darkens; nearer now and nearer
The lightnings gleam; the sea’s scorched billows moan;
And the sere leaf of earth is growing serer;
...And earth is all unshriv’n.
Scorched by no human fire,
No cloud-begotten levin,...
And earth is all unshriv’n.
Scorched by no human fire,
No cloud-begotten levin,
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