Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Let me go my soul is weary
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Bradbury
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Let Me Go
Hymn Number: 593
Page Number: 216, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLet me go: my soul is weary
Of the chain which binds me here;
Let my spirit bend its pinion
To a brighter, holier sphere.
Earth, 't is true, hath friends that bless me
With their fond and faithful love;
But the hands of angels beckon
Onward to the climes above.
Let me go: for earth hath sorrow,
Sin, and pain, and bitter tears;
All its paths are dark and dreary,
All its hopes are fraught with fears.
Short-lived are its brightest flowers,
Soon its cherished joys decay;
Let me go; I fain would leave it
For the realms of endless day.
Let me go: my heart hath tasted
Of my Savior's wondrous grace;
Let me go, where I shall ever
see and know him face to face:
Let me go: the trees of heaven
Rise before me, waving bright,
And the distant crystal waters
Flash upon my failing sight.
Let me go: for songs seraphic
Now seem calling from the sky-
'T is the welcome of the angels,
Which e'en now are hovering nigh.
Let me go: they wait to bear me
To the mansions of the blest,
Where the spirit, worn and weary,
Finds at last its long-sought rest.