Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Hark from the tombs a doleful sound
Topic: Funeral Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 229
Page Number: 202, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHARK! from the tombs a doleful sound
My ears attend the cry;
"Ye living men come view the ground,
Where you must shortly lie.
Princes, this clay must be your bed,
In spite of all your towers:
The tall, the wise, the reverend head
Must lie as low as ours."
Great God! is this our certain doom,
And are we still secure?
Still walking downwards to the tomb,
Any yet prepare no more.
Grant us the power of quickening grace,
To fit our souls to fly;
Then, when we drop this dying flesh,
Well rise above the sky.