Text: | Dear as thou wert, and justly dear |
Author: | Dale |
Tune: | LAUREL HILL |
Composer: | Unknown |
1 Dear as thou wert, and justly dear,
We would not weep for thee;
One thought shall check the starting tear:
From sorrow thou art free.
2 And thus shall faith's consoling power
The tears of love restrain:
O, who that saw thy parting hour
Could wish thee back again?
3 Angels shall guard thy sleeping dust,
And, as thy Saviour rose,
The grave again shall yield her trust,
And end thy deep repose.
4 Thy Lord, before to glory gone,
Shall bid thee come away;
And calm and bright shall break the dawn
Of heaven's eternal day.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Dear as thou wert, and justly dear |
Author: | Dale |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Death and Resurrection |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LAUREL HILL |
Composer: | Unknown |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | C Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #933 or 147. |