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Out in the dew and cold he stands - The drops of the night
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

The drops of the night.

Song of Solomon 5,2.

1. Out in the dew and cold he stands,
  the drops of night are on his hair:
in patient love he waits without;
  and who, who keeps him there? (PDF - Midi)

2. All heaven is in his earnest voice,
  all glory on his brow so fair:
in sorrowing love he stands without;
  and who, who keeps him there?

3. 'Open to me, beloved one,
  with me thy heart and dwelling share:'
but still at the barred door he stands;
  and who, who keeps him there?

4. He hath no place to lay his head,
  no one a home or roof will spare:
no one respondeth when he knocks;
  and who, who keeps him there?

5. The winds are out, the storm is up,
  freezing and sharp the midnight air:
he dos not leave, but knocketh on;
  and who, who keeps him there?

6. Our ear is sealed, our heart s cold,
  and we refuse both hearth and fare:
he speaks, we hear not: Ah, 'tis we,
  yes, we who keep him there.

7. But now no more we shut thee out,
  O thou, the fairest of the fair:
come in, thou blessed One; we will
  no longer keep thee there.

8. He cometh in, my board I spread,
  my wine and viands I prepare:
the night-drops fall, the night-winds blow;
  he is no longer there.

9. He sups with me, and I with him,
  I wipe the night-drops from his hair:
I hear no more his knock without;
  he is no longer there.

Horatius Bonar, The Song of the New Creation, 1872, 130-132.

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