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{ "title": "'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow", "author": "", "tune": "Olive's Brow", "number": "182", "lyrics": "'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow\nThe star is dimmed that lately shone:\n'Tis midnight; in the garden now\nThe suffering Saviour prays alone.\n\n'Tis midnight; and, from all removed,\nEmmanuel wrestles lone with fears:\nE'en the disciple that he loved\nHeeds not his master's grief and tears.\n\n'Tis midnight; and, for others' guilt,\nThe Man of Sorrows weeps in blood:\nYet he that hath in anguish knelt\nIs not forsaken by his God.\n\n'Tis midnight; from the heavenly plains\nIs borne the song that angels know:\nUnheard by mortals are the strains\nThat sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.", "first_line": "'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow" }