Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Weep not for me weep not for me
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 6s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 5
Page Number: 283, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWeep not for me, weep not for me,
For oh! I would depart,
And seek beyond death's cheerless vale
Rest for my weary heart;
Rest from the toils, the bitter cares,
The wild unrest and gloom,
Which hover round us from our birth
Until we seek the tomb.
Then wake no dirge of solemn sound,
Nor requiem wild for me;
For why should sadness shroud your hearts
When mine is just set free?
Set free, set free from earth and sin,
The sorrows which fill up
With pain, and bitterness, and grief,
Life's strangely mingled cup.
But wake for me a joyous strain,
A song of triumph high;
Sing one more soul has burst its chain,
And sought its native sky:
Then shed no tear-drop o'er my grave,
Nought can my bliss destroy;
And tears should not be shed for me,
Unless 'twere tears of joy.