Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: How blest the righteous when he dies
Topic: Death/Of a Christian
Writer: <no first name given> Barbauld
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: LM
Tune: Zephyr
Hymn Number: 237
Page Number: 089, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW 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!
So fades a Summer cloud away;
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;
So gently shuts the eye of day;
So dies a wave along the shore.
A holy quiet reigns around,
A calm which life nor death destroys;
And naught disturbs that peace profound
Which his unfetter'd soul enjoys.
Life's labor done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its load the spirit flies;
While heav'n and earth combine to say,
"How blest the righteous when he dies!"