Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
If 6 Was 9
Song lyrics, Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
Source: Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love
“Show me what I have to do,
Every hour my strength renew;
Let me live a life of faith,
Let me die Thy people's death.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 266.
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Every hour my strength renew;
Let me live a life of faith,
Let me die Thy people's death." by John Newton?
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Anglican clergyman and hymn-writer 1725–1807Related quotes
“For on this my heart is set:
When the hour is nigh me,
Let me in the tavern die,
With a tankard by me.”
Meum est propositum<br/>in taberna mori,<br/>ut sint vina proxima<br/>morientis ori.
Archpoet (1130–1165) 12th century poet
Meum est propositum
in taberna mori,
ut sint vina proxima
morientis ori.
Source: "Confession", Line 89
“Dear God,’ she prayed, ‘let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.”
Betty Smith book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943).
“Give me but one hour of SCOTLAND,
Let me see it ere I die.”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865) British writer and lawyer
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Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879) British poet and hymn-writer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 398.
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Palace of Love (1967), Chapter 5 (p. 342)