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Sooner or later, yet at last

Sooner or later, yet at last

Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
Tune: ULTIMA
Published in 2 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Sooner or later: yet at last
The Jordan must be past.

2 Sooner or later: yet one day
We all must pass that way.

3 When mysteries shall be revealed,
All secrets be unsealed:

4 Jesus, most merciful of men,
Show mercy on us then;

5 Lord God of mercy and of men,
Show mercy on us then.

Amen.

Source: The Hymnal #439

Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti

Rossetti, Christina Georgina, daughter of Gabriel, and sister of Dante Gabriel and William Michael Rossetti, was born in London, Dec. 5, 1830, and received her education at home. Her published works include:— (1) Goblin Market, and Other Poems, 1862; (2) The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, 1866 ; (3) Poems, mainly a reprint of Nos. 1 and 2, 1875; (4) A Pageant, and Other Poems, 1881, &c. In addition, Miss Rossetti has published several prose works, as:— Annus Domini (a book of prayers for every day in the year), 1874; Letter and Spirit of the Decalogue, 1883, and others. She has written very few hymns avowedly for church worship, but several centos have been compiled from her poems, and have passed into several hymn-books. The… Go to person page >

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First Line: Sooner or later, yet at last
Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
Language: English

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The Hymnal #439

The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ #299

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