Still a Lion, Still a Lamb
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About "Still a Lion, Still a Lamb"
This new song was written for a concert of sacred music I am preparing for the first Sunday in April 2009, a week before Easter, at the Alpine Tabernacle in American Fork. It is a setting of a poem that I wrote some years ago. I hope you enjoy it.
Recordings:
At this time there are no recordings available. Send your live recording to be posted here. I’ll be glad to link back to your singer site. Contact info is listed in the edition of the piece.
The Text:
Still a Lion, Still a Lamb
by M Ryan Taylor
Will the lion lose his fierceness?
In a day be soft and tame?
Will the wild, ferocious nature all be lost with all his fame?
When he meets the humble lamb will he lay aside his crown?
Will his mane be combed to fleece and his razor claw filed down?
Will all his glory pass?
Will he learn to mow the grass?
A cross between a cat and cow, an herbivore that barks meow?
If a lion lose his fierceness and become all soft and tame
is it right that this poor creature should retain the lion’s name?
In that day when on a sea of glass we meet eternity,
when our hearts beat one with God and Son will I cease to be me?
No, fierce and brave the lion stands, no innocent need fear his claw,
a guardian of truth and peace, a living pillar of the law.
Beneath his mane the lowly lamb curls meekly bearing mercy’s wool,
and I, still I, sing praise to Him who tore my sins but clothed my soul!
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