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Text:O Spirit, Freed From Earth
Author:Mary B. Howitt
Tune:THE HEAVENLY HOME
Media:MIDI file

8485. O Spirit, Freed From Earth

1 O spirit, freed from earth,
Rejoice, thy work is done!
The weary world’s beneath thy feet,
Thou brighter than the sun!

2 Arise, put on the robes
That the redeemèd win;
Now sorrow hath no part in thee,
Thou sanctified within!

3 Awake, and breathe the air
Of the celestial clime!
Awake to love which knows no change,
Thou who hast done with time!

4 Awake, lift up thine eyes!
See, all Heaven’s host appears!
And be thou glad exceedingly—
Thou, who hast done with tears.

5 Ascend! thou art not now
With those of mortal birth;
The living God hath touched thy lips,
Thou who hast done with earth!

Text Information
First Line: O spirit, freed from earth
Title: O Spirit, Freed From Earth
Author: Mary B. Howitt
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: Ballads and Other Poems, 1847
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: THE HEAVENLY HOME
Meter: SM
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Vestry Harmonies by John G. Adams (Boston: Universalist Publishing House, 1868)
Copyright: Public Domain



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