[Music]
How tedious and tasteless the hours
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers
Have all lost their sweetness to me,
Have all lost their sweetness to me.
The tune is attributed, in the _Sacred Harp_, to J. T. White, a
Georgian, and is dated 1844. It is a variant of 'When the Cock Crows
it is Day', Petrie, No. 478. The fuller text, attributed to John
Newton, is given under the song 'Green Fields' in this collection.