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| Text: | Dust, receive thy kindred! |
| Author: | Horatius Bonar |
| Tune: | REPOSE |
| Composer: | Edwin Barnes |
1 Dust, receive thy kindred!
Earth take now thine own!
To thee this trust is rendered;
In thee this seed is sown.
Guard the precious treasure,
Ever-faithful tomb!
Keep it all unrifled,
Till the Master come.
2 Time's dark tide of sorrow
Breaks above thy head;
And feet of restless millions
Shall o'er thy chambers tread;
Earthquakes, whirlwinds, tempests,
Tear the quivering ground;
Voices, trumpets, thunders,
Fill the air around!
3 But these sounds of terror
Pierce not thy low tomb,
Nor break the happy slumbers
Of death's dark, silent home.
Couch of tranquil slumber
For the weary brow;
Rest of faint and toiling,
Take this loved one now.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Dust, receive thy kindred! |
| Author: | Horatius Bonar |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | Death and Resurrection |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | REPOSE |
| Composer: | Edwin Barnes |
| Meter: | 6s & 5s, D |
| Key: | Dâ™ Major |
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