"I Plucked from the Crown" (circa 1875)
Words and Music
by Joseph Philbrick Webster, 1819-1875

[Source: PDF file ofa manuscript copy from
the Music Library of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater]

I plucked from the crown of old ocean, 
A cord so pure and so white 
And broke from His dark sounding [cares]
A dear blooming lily of light.

In this was a lesson of patience
His Word crystalled tears of thought.
In Nature’s cold, unlighted workshop
Is beautiful, chisled and wrought.

In this was a lesson of patience
His Word crystalled tears of thought.
In Nature’s cold, unlighted workshop
Is beautiful, chisled and wrought.