Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: O thou who driest the mourner's tear
Topic: Afflictions
Writer: Thomas Moore
Composer: T Swan
Meter: CM
Tune: China
Hymn Number: 338
Page Number: 120, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO THOU who driest the mourner's tear,
How dark this world would be.
If, when deceiv'd and wounded here,
We could not fly to Thee!
But Thou wilt heal the broken heart,
Which, like the plants that throw
Their fragrance from the wounded part,
Breathes sweetness out of woe.
When joy no longer soothes or cheers,
And e'en the hope that threw
A moment's sparkle o'er our tears
Is dimm'd and vanish'd too,--
Then sorrow, touch'd by Thee, grows bright
With more than rapture's ray;
The darkness shows us worlds of light
We never saw by day.