Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

Drop, drop, slow tears,
And bathe those beauteous feet,
Which brought from Heav’n
The news and Prince of Peace.

Cease not, wet tears,
His mercies to entreat;
To cry for vengeance:
Sin doth never cease.

In your deep floods
Drown all my faults and fears;
Nor let His eye see
Sin, but through my tears.

Author: Phineas Fletcher

Year: 1632

The hymn text is taken from Phineas Fletcher's poem 'An Hymn' in his 1632 collection 'The Purple Island'. No other authors are known to have written this text.