Text: | Now Hush Your Cries |
Author: | N. Herman, c. 1480-1561 |
Author (st. 5): | Unknown |
Translator: | C. Winkworth, 1827-78 |
1 Now hush your cries and shed no tear,
On such death none should look with fear;
A faithful Christian now has won,
And with this death true life's begun.
2 These bones, now dead, again shall fell
New warmth and vigour through them steal;
And reunited they shall soar
On high to live forevermore.
3 The buried grain of wheat must die,
And long in withered state must lie,
Yet springs to light all sweet and fair,
Its proper fruit at last to bear.
4 E'en so this body, made of dust,
To earth we once again entrust,
Where it shall slumber free from pain
Till from the dead it rise again.
5 God breathed into this house of clay
The spirit that hath passed away;
The righteous mind, the noble heart,
The living faith did Christ impart.
6 Ah! would that promised day were here
When Christ will once again appear
And bring them to their heav'nly home
Who have been buried in the tomb.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Now hush your cries and shed no tear |
Title: | Now Hush Your Cries |
German Title: | Hört auf mit Trauern und Klagen |
Author: | N. Herman, c. 1480-1561 |
Translator: | C. Winkworth, 1827-78 ( alt.) |
Author (st. 5): | Unknown (1575) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Death and Burial; Trinity 16 |
Notes: | Hymn text, suggested tune HAMBURG |