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O, stay thy tears! for they are blest
Whose days are past, whose toil is done;
Here midnight care disturbs our rest,
Here sorrow dims the morning sun.
For labouring virtue�s anxious toil,
For patient sorrow�s stifled sigh,
For faith that marks the conqueror�s spoil,
Heaven grants the recompense,�to die.
How blest are they whose transient years
Pass like an evening meteor�s flight,
Not dark with guilt, nor dim with tears,
Whose course is short, unclouded, bright!
O, cheerless were our lengthened way,
But heaven�s own light dispels the gloom,
Streams downward from eternal day,
And sheds a glory round the tomb!
They stay thy tears,�the blest above
Have hailed a spirit�s heavenly birth,
Sung a new song of joy and love;
Then why should anguish reign on earth?
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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MUSIC
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MELCOMBE
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1782
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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| # 1 | No key | | # 520 | D | | # 520 | D | | # 4 | D | | # 75 | E | | # 927 | E | | # 155 | E | | # 273 | E | | # 347 | E | | # 356 | E | | # 161 | Eb | | # 268 | Eb | | # 678 | Eb | | # 40 | Eb | | # 219 | Eb | | # 253 | Eb | | # 303 | Eb | | # 363 | Eb | | # 394 | Eb | | # 597 | Eb | | # 80 | No key | | # 328 | No key | | # 17 | F |
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