Text: | How Blest the Righteous When he Dies |
Author: | Mrs. Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743-1808 |
Tune: | CONSTANCE |
Composer: | Henry J. Gauntlett, Mus. Doc., 1806-1876 |
1 How blest the righteous when he dies!
When sinks a weary soul to rest!
How mildly beam the closing eyes!
How gently heaves th’expiring breast!
2 A holy quiet reigns around,
A calm which life nor death destroys;
And naught disturbs that peace profound
Which his unfettered soul enjoys.
3 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears,
Where lights and shades alternate dwell;
How bright the unchanging morn appears!
Farewell, inconstant world, farewell!
4 Life’s labor done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its load the spirit flies,
While heaven and earth combine to say,
"How blest the righteous when He dies!"
Amen.
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First Line: | How blest the righteous when he dies! |
Title: | How Blest the Righteous When he Dies |
Author: | Mrs. Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743-1808 (1792) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1901 |
Topic: | Death and Resurrection |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CONSTANCE |
Composer: | Henry J. Gauntlett, Mus. Doc., 1806-1876 (1874) |
Meter: | L. M. |