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title: O Perfect Love (Barnby - Lower Tenor)
key: Eb
time: 4/4
tempo: 100
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[Phrase 1]
L1: O per - fect Love, all hu - man thought tran - scend - ing,
L2: O per - fect Life, be Thou their full as - sur - ance
L3: Grant them the joy which bright - ens earth - ly sor - row,
S: d :- | m :s | s :- | s :- | s :s | d' :t | t :- | l :-
A: s, :- | d :d | t, :- | t, :- | d :d | d :d | d :- | d :-
T: m :- | s :s | f :- | f :- | s :m | f :s | f :- | f :-
B: d :- | d :m | r :- | r :- | m :d | r :m | f :- | f :-

[Phrase 2]
L1: Low - ly we kneel in prayer be - fore Thy throne,
L2: Of ten - der char - i - ty and stead - fast faith,
L3: Grant them the peace which calms all earth - ly strife;
S: r :- | m :f | s :- | m :- | d :d | m :r | t, :- | - :-
A: l, :- | t, :t, | d :- | t, :- | l, :l, | l, :l, | s, :- | - :-
T: l :- | s :s | s :- | se :- | l :m | r :r | r :- | - :-
B: f :- | f :f | m :- | m :- | l, :l, | r, :r, | s, :- | - :-

[Phrase 3]
L1: That theirs may be the love which knows no end - ing,
L2: Of pa - tient hope, and qui - et brave en - dur - ance,
L3: And to life's day the glo - rious un - known mor - row
S: d :- | m :s | s :- | s :- | s :s | d' :t | t :- | l :-
A: s, :- | d :d | t, :- | t, :- | d :d | m :r | r :- | d :-
T: m :- | s :s | f :- | f :- | s :s | se :se | se :- | l :-
B: d :- | d :m | r :- | - :r | m :m | m :m | f :- | f :-

[Phrase 4]
L1: Whom Thou for ev - er - more dost join in one.
L2: With child - like trust that fears nor pain nor death.
L3: That dawns up - on e - ter - nal love and life.
S: l :- | s :f | m :s | f :r | l, :- | t, :- | d :- | - :-
A: f :- | m :r | d :de | r :l, | l, :- | s, :- | s, :- | - :-
T: l :- | t :t | d' :ta | l :f | f :- | f :- | m :- | - :-
B: f, :- | s, :s, | l, :m, | f, :f, | s, :- | s, :- | d :- | - :-