Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Shed not a tear o'er your friends early bier
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Tune: Farewell
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 120, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsShed not a tear o'er your friend's early bier,
When I am gone, when I am gone;
Smile if the slow tolling bell you shall hear,
Think of the crowns all the ransomed shall have,
When I am gone, I am gone.
Weep not for me when you stand by my grave,
When I am gone, I am gone.
Think who has died his beloved to save.
Plant ye a tree which may wave over me
When I am gone, when I am gone;
Sing ye a song when my grave ye shall see,
When I am gone, I am gone.
Come at the close of a bright summer day,
Come when the sun sheds his last ling'ring ray.
Come and rejoice that I thus passed away,
When I am gone, I am gone.
Plant ye a rose that may bloom o'er my bed
When I am gone, when I am gone;
Breathe not a sigh for the blest early dead,
When I am gone, I am gone;
Praise ye the lord that I'm feed from all care,
Serve ye the Lord that my bliss ye may share,
Look up on high and believe I am there,
When I am gone, I am gone.