The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12064

12064. Oh Weep Not O'er Thy Children's Tomb

1 Oh weep not o’er thy children’s tomb,
Oh Rachel, weep not so!
The bud is cropped by martyrdom,
The flower in Heav’n shall blow! *

2 Firstlings of faith! the murderer’s knife
Has missed its deadliest aim:
The God for whom they gave their life,
For them to suffer came!

3 Though feeble were their days and few,
Baptized in blood and pain,
He knows them, whom they never knew,
And they shall live again.

4 Then weep not o’er thy children’s tomb,
Oh Rachel, weep not so!
The bud is cropped by martyrdom,
The flower in Heav’n shall blow! *

* If desired, substitute
The flower in Heav’n shall grow

Text Information

• First Line: Oh weep not o’er thy children’s tomb
• Title: Oh Weep Not O'er Thy Children's Tomb
• Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (London: J. Murray, 1827)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: HEREFORD by Frederick A. Gore-Ouseley

Tune Information

• Name: CLAUDIUS
• Composer: Arthur Henry Mann (1905)
• Meter: CM
• Key: e minor or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain