I Love to Steal Awhile Away Lyrics Mrs. Phoebe H. Brown, 1825
5 verses, meter C.M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. I love to steal awhile away
From ev’ry cumb’ring care,
And spend the hours of setting day
In humble, grateful prayer.
Verse 2. I love in solitude to shed
The penitential tear,
And all his promises to plead,
Where none but God can hear.
Verse 3. I love to think on mercies past,
And future good implore,
And all my cares and sorrows cast
On him whom I adore.
Verse 4. I love by faith to take a view
Of brighter scenes in heaven;
The prospect doth my strength renew,
While here by tempests driven.
Verse 5. Thus, when life’s toilsome day is o’er,
May its departing ray
Be calm as this impressive hour,
And lead to endless day!
Words copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). They were published in 1825, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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