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Text: | The Things of the Earth in the Earth Let Us Lay |
From the Greek, by: | John Mason Neale |
Tune: | PAULINA |
Arranger: | Leonard Woolsey Bacon, (1830-1907). |
Composer: | Gaetano Donizetti, (1797-1848). |
1 The things of the earth in the earth let us lay;
The ashes with ashes, the dust with the clay:
But lift up the heart, and the eyes, and the love,
O lift up the soul to the regions above!
2 Since He, the Immortal, hath entered the gate,
So, too shall we mortals, or sooner or late:
Then stand we on Christ; let us mark Him ascend,
For His is the glory and life without end.
3 On earth with His own ones, the Giver of good,
Bestowing His blessing, a little while stood;
Now nothing can part us, nor distance, nor foes,
For lo! He is with us, and who can oppose?
4 So, Lord, we commit this our loved one to Thee,
Whose body is dead, but whose spirit is free:
We know that through grace, when our life here is o'er,
In bliss we shall be with the Lord evermore.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The things of the earth in the earth let us lay |
Title: | The Things of the Earth in the Earth Let Us Lay |
From the Greek, by: | John Mason Neale (1864, a.) |
Meter: | 11 11, 11 11. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1937 |
Topic: | Last Things: Death and Burial |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PAULINA |
Composer: | Gaetano Donizetti, (1797-1848). |
Arranger: | Leonard Woolsey Bacon, (1830-1907). |
Meter: | 11 11, 11 11. |
Key: | A♭ Major |