But this unfeeling heart of mine.
To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
Dear Lord, an adamant would melt!
But I can read each moving line,
And nothing move this heart of mine.
The text is attributed, in the Sacred Harp of 1844, to Joseph Hart and it is dated 1759. The tune is ascribed to E. J. King. The melodic trend of the refrain brings to mind ‘The Campbells are Coming’.
No. 66
[LEBANON], KNH 88
Hexatonic, mode 5 A (I — 3 IV V 6 7)
Mourning souls, no longer grieve,